Imperishable Inheritance

I received an e-mail through my con­tact page from a gen­tle­man by the name of Kirk Hen­der­son. I thought the ques­tion would be of inter­est to some oth­ers, and I asked him if I could answer pub­licly. He agreed. “In the para­ble of the lost sheep (and the para­ble of the lost coin), the owner took it upon him­self to leave all behind and seek out that which was lost. The impli­ca­tion here seems to be that, for the sheep and the coin, (read more...)

If you forced me to pick two words that aptly described Chris­tian­ity and the Chris­t­ian it would be “truth” and “love.” By the lov­ing pro­vi­sion of a gra­cious God we have been redeemed, and we have been set free from dark­ness and lies to see and embrace the truth. It is a won­der­ful area of med­i­ta­tion and con­tem­pla­tion, and Peter describes what the Chris­t­ian should be: “Since you have in obe­di­ence to the truth puri­fied your souls for a sin­cere love of (read more...)