Our understanding of God needs to be continually shaped by His holiness and our own call now to pursue holiness ourselves…
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Living out the life of forgiveness causes us to recognize that every sin we ever commit in our life has been erased by God. This is a great blessing to the sinner because we will commit an enormous amount of sin in our lifetime. Forgiveness is an act of God’s will; it is a deliberate act of love; it is a decision not to hold our sin against us no matter what we have done…
Read MoreI started reading Martin Lloyd Jones’ companion guide to the Sermon on the Mount a couple days ago. Titled Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, the book is a collection of sermons Jones preached on the topic some 60 years ago. I’m only 30 pages in but I found I have found several gems so far. One in particular got me thinking about the Village Church...
Read More“The news of the gospel must be great joy because it is all joy; the Lord Christ has brought news of such fulness that He left nothing for anyone else to add. If you think something might be missing from the gospel you must look higher than God, for He gives Himself through Christ...”
- William Gurnall, The Christian In Complete Armour
William Gurnall, a Puritan minister from the 17th century, wrote what is certainly the most comprehensive work ever written on the "Armor of God" passage found in Ephesians 6:10-20...
Read MoreA few of us from The Village got the chance to attend Together for the Gospel - interdenominational conference centered around the Gospel of Jesus Christ. David Platt spoke on missions. It was incredible. It blended two things that I am very passionate about: theology and passion. I hate how these to things are often divorced in our minds...
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