Achieving Christian Goals: A Biblical Guide to Christlike Living

Achieving temporary earthly goals versus eternal heavenly goals

Every year people set goals for self-improvement. Many want to become healthier, wealthier, or more productive. Psychologists often teach that achieving goals requires clarity, accountability, systems, and consistent practice. Research Continue ReadingAchieving Christian Goals: A Biblical Guide to Christlike Living

Innate Faith, Human Ability, and Divinely Strengthened

Saving faith begins with God’s revelation, responds by innate human faith, and is supernaturally strengthened by God’s power, all for His glory.

Faith is one of the most frequently used and least carefully defined words in Christian conversation. We are saved by faith, we walk by faith, and Scripture praises great acts Continue ReadingInnate Faith, Human Ability, and Divinely Strengthened

Faith is Confidence in God and Obedience to His Word that Motivates Our Lives

Faith is a confident trust in God's reality beyond our senses and obedience to His Word in spite of circumstances and consequences.

Biblical faith is not a vague religious feeling, a leap into the dark, or a humanly generated optimism. Scripture describes faith as a confident trust in the character and Word Continue ReadingFaith is Confidence in God and Obedience to His Word that Motivates Our Lives

Accepted in Christ, Transformed by Grace (Understanding Positional Acceptance and Progressive Sanctification)

The balance of grace (positional standing) and transformation (progressive sanctification) is the secret to joyful, fruitful Christian living.

Few truths bring more comfort to the believer than this: in Christ, God fully accepts us. Yet at the very same time, He does not leave us as we are. Continue ReadingAccepted in Christ, Transformed by Grace (Understanding Positional Acceptance and Progressive Sanctification)