The verse in Romans 2:4 emphasizes God’s kindness leading to repentance. It challenges the misconception of God’s kindness as a guarantee of perpetual happiness. Instead, it highlights the necessity of repentance in response to kindness.
Category: Foregiveness
Do You Remember?
After my life was a shipwreck, a friend told me about Jesus. All of my pent-up guilt flooded out.
Lists
The theologian Tertullian of Carthage, around 220 A.D., created the list of the deadly sins. There were nine to start with.
Crooked Nails
Emotions and external influences may lead us astray, but Jesus is the source of salvation and renewal.
Don’t Let the World In
The Blues I enjoy some of Eric Clapton’s music, the Allman Brothers, Howlin’ Wolf, and B.B. King, but I cannot let myself “live the blues.” The blues is a genre of music that often expresses feelings of sadness, despair, and loneliness. While there is nothing wrong with enjoying blues music, it is important to remember […]
Jesus, the First Fruit
Today is Good Friday. If we have received Jesus, then today we celebrate the work Jesus accomplished through the cross – His death and burial. By these, we received forgiveness for our sins, reconciliation with God, and restoration to God’s original desire: we are children of God. Now we anticipate our rejoicing on Sunday, the […]
Cling On!
I am amazed that the English language has become so broadly used worldwide. The title of today’s post is “Cling On,” but if I said this, you would probably think I was referring to Star Trek Klingons! I was thinking about something the apostle Paul wrote to the young man that he counted as his […]
Discipline Is not Punishment.
I’ve noticed that Americans are very sloppy with the words we write and speak. We say that we love our child, and we love ice cream. Just this one sentence has probably earned enormous sums of money for therapists. Consider these conversations: Adult: Why did my Dad love me like ice cream?Therapist: Perhaps he wished […]
The Planer of God
I have always been intrigued by wood planers. You can take a plank of wood that is ugly as sin. That plank can have parasite infection bulges, knots, and even its bark, but those defects begin to be cut off as the plank repeatedly passes through the planer. The wood’s beauty becomes revealed. And, when […]
Did I Tell You, You Have a Great Body?
I hope the title got your attention. I mean every word of it! To understand why I think you have a great body let’s take a look at God’s Word. 17 And though we are many, we all eat from one loaf of bread, showing that we are one body. 18 Think about the people […]