Posts with the tag “testing-temptation-trials”

The tests that God prepares for us are not just meant to build character but also to build skill in using our spiritual armor and weapons. This can only be done in the midst of real combat. Soldiers c...  Read More

The Highway of Holiness has many of these narrow places designed by God to draw us toward him but there is always a danger to return to the sinful strongholds of the past. ...  Read More

An important part of building our faith is regularly feeding our souls with the great works of the Lord. We do this by reading the Word of God to remind ourselves of the Lord's amazing exploits of the...  Read More

The American Church largely teaches a gospel that is easy to believe by leaving out all the things that can offend thereby inoculating everyone to the true Gospel and the true Christian life that the ...  Read More

God’s work is in a deeper category of self-control and submission. It's about degrees, attitudes, and constraints, less about the action. ...  Read More

Pursing peace should never devolve into pursuing passivity out of fear of conflict. We can walk in the Lord's victory when men rise up against us despite our best efforts to live in peace because the ...  Read More

The Lord regularly asks His Elect to do the hard thing, the risky thing, the inconvenient thing in order to fulfill His perfect will....  Read More

The process is the point, not the end goal. The journey is what is important not the destination. ...  Read More

One of the frequent stops along the Highway called Holy is Unfairness University and, sometimes for an advanced degree. We should rejoice because it is a sign of His special favor and future exaltatio...  Read More

Then [Isaac] said, “Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them...  Read More