Tag Archives: Covenant
Gasp! Pharisee! Legalist!
The primary means by which a Christian comes to know that he is saved, assurance of salvation, is through obedience. In my three years in the pastoral office, this is probably the most common question: How do I know that I am saved? The usual response that people get from the church is along these […]
From Glory to Glory…And Pickles
The other day, just before lunch, I brought my son out to the backyard and we picked a cucumber, brought it inside, washed it, and sliced it. I placed a slice of cucumber on my son’s plate and on the other side of the plate was a pickle. My wife saw this as a good […]
Warriors of the Lord of Hosts
In my previous post I discussed that the squealing glee of a covenant infant is a weapon in the hands of God to destroy the powers of the enemy arrayed against Christ and His Kingdom. Psalm 8:2 shows us that covenant children are warriors in a battle. This may seem odd to many Christian parents […]
In The Light Of Death
As the Planned Parenthood sting videos continue to come out and the internet fracas continues to boil (and rightly so), I can say that as I father, I have been thinking about my children differently. This is one of those “farther up and farther in” sorta deals. I love my children and praise God for […]
Promises Consumed
1 Corinthians 10:16 says, “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?” (NKJV) This Table is a covenant table. It is a place where we are bound to Christ and Christ […]
Real Family
I have had the privilege for the past few days to walk with a family as their matriarch heads to that end which we are all bound, death. This family, including the matriarch, approached death with a boldness that can only come from knowing the truth of the security of her life in Christ. They […]
A Heritage from the Lord
The Lord has blessed my home with this beauty on November 17th. Meet Laney Grace Barnes.
Children of the Covenant, Part 2
Ephesians 6:4 reads, “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” You can read Part 1 here. Now it is interesting here what Paul actually says. For many of us in the church we like to mentally change a preposition in Paul’s […]
Children of the Covenant, Part 1
Paul writes to the Ephesian children in the church, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not […]
Blair and Jill
Romans 12:10 “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Our culture declares marriage as a contract that you enter in to receive something. You get married to get something and as soon as you cease to get what you want, or when the marriage gets tough for a season, or […]
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