You, too, if you diligently pursue holiness, must often flee to the Rock of your salvation. You flee there, not to be saved again, but to confirm in your heart that you are saved through His righteousness alone. You begin to identify with Paul when he said, “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christ’
If You Diligently Pursue Holiness, Often You Will Need to Flee
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged Christ, Christ's Righteousness, Holiness, I Timothy 1, Paul, Salvation on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Honesty and Control Rarely Sleep Well Together
Posted in Brown, Steve, tagged Christ, Freedom, Religious Leaders, Superficial Christians on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Christ can give you the freedom to stop pretending. Of course, superficial Christians – those who have been wearing their masks for so long that they seem sewed on – will probably reject you. Those who put you on a pedestal and worship there will feel so shocked they might, for a period, not want [...]
What About the Pagan Christs (Balder, Osiris, etc.)?
Posted in Lewis, C.S., tagged Balder, Christ, Incarnation, Osiris, Pagan Christs, Pagan teachers on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We should therefore, expect to find in the imagination of great Pagan teachers and myth makers some glimpse of that theme which we believe to be the very plot of the whole cosmic story – the theme of incarnation, death and rebirth. And the differences between the Pagan Christs (Balder, Osiris, etc.) and the Christ [...]
Christ Vere Latitat
Posted in Lewis, C.S., tagged Christ, Lord's Supper, Neighbor, Vere Latitat on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbour is the holiest object presented ro your senses. If he is your Christian neighbour, he is holy in almost the same way, for in him also Christ vere latitat – the glorifier and the glorified.
- C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, copyright 1949, 1976, page 46
The Promises of Scripture
Posted in Lewis, C.S., tagged Christ, Glory, God's Promises, Scripture on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The promises of Scripture may very roughly be reduced to five heads. It is promised (1) that we shall be with Christ; (2) that we shall be like Him; (3) with an enormous wealth of imagery, that we shall have “glory”; (4) that we shall, in some sense, be fed or feasted or entertained; and [...]
Remember, You Have No Other Option
Posted in Lundgaard, Kris, tagged Christ, Ephesians 3, Faith, Flesh, Holy Spirit, John 15, John 6, Romans 8, Words of Life on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you ask what foundation you have to build your expectations on, remember that you have no other options. To whom will you go? Christ alone has the words of life (John 6:68). Without him you can do nothing (John 15:5). Your only strength comes from Christ dwelling in your heart by faith (Ephesians 3:16-17). [...]
Fanatics Who Lost Their First Love
Posted in Lundgaard, Kris, tagged Christ on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like the husband who will paint his body the colors of his team and scream his lungs out and high-five his friends at the stadium, and then come home from the game and hardly look at his wife, there are many passionate, outspoken activities who never lift their eyes above the cause to see the [...]
Where The Freedom from Fear Comes From
Posted in Manning, Brennan, tagged Christ, Freedom, Pharisee's Prayer on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Christ Jesus freedom from fear empowers us to let go of the desire to appear good, so that we can move freely in the mystery of who we really are. Preoccupation with projecting the “nice guy” image, impressing newcomers with out experience, and relying heavily on the regard of others leads to self-consciousness, sticky [...]
The Gospel’s Call
Posted in Manning, Brennan, tagged Christ, God's Love, Gospel, Grace on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Gospel of grace calls out: Nothing can ever separate you from the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel, copyright 1990, 2000, page 86
How to Avoid Jesus?
Posted in Keller, Tim, tagged Christ, Flannery O'Connor, Hazel Motes, Luke 15, Prodigal Son, Savior on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In her novel Wise Blood, Flannery O’Conner says of her character Hazel Motes that “there was a deep, black, wordless conviction in him that the way to avoid Jesus was to avoid sin.” This is a profound insight. You can avoid Jesus as Savior by keeping all the moral laws. If you do that, then you [...]
