On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Ellen Mary Dykas discuss what it means to have misplaced hope in relationships, union with Christ, and pursuing relational health, along with her new devotional, Toxic Relationships Taking Refuge in Christ (P&R,...
My children are experts at distractions. It’s easy to tell when their minds are wandering. Spelling words become doodles. Piano scale practice sounds like banging. I have to tap their shoulder before they hear me. Distractions are unavoidable in life, no matter what...
On today’s episode, a listener writes in and asks me, “Do we strive for God's justice or our own?" What you’ll hear in this episode The Doctrine of Sin and the Justice of God. The Image of God and Justice. The Justice of God in Revelation. Partiality and the Justice...
Romans 1:32, “Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.” Can human beings do anything more evil than what we read in Romans 1:18–31? Is there...
Join Dave as he looks at Revelation 21:22-27 and The City Without a Temple.
Shelbi and Kimberly continue their series on Titus 2 by using key passages in the Old and New Testaments to unpack what it looks like to live in such a way as to please a Holy God. One major takeaway: purity is a matter of the heart.
On today’s Warriors of Grace show, Dave continues the 1 Timothy series looking at 1 Timothy 1:12-16 and Paul’s testimony to God’s saving and strengthening grace, and why the worst of sinners find grace and mercy in Jesus. What you’ll hear in this episode Paul’s...
A life characterized by an immersion in the Bible, and a thoughtful understanding of its more than 31,000 verses, offers weighty benefits. In the 23rd chapter of the Old Testament book that bears his name, Job declared that he treasured the words of God’s mouth more...
“Father, thy word is past, man shall find grace” — John Milton, Paradise Lost I feel the seasons in my bones. They come. They go. Each passing season deposits its residue—memories, laughter, disappointments—fashioning layers like leaves. Those are the seasons of...
Romans 1:32, “Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.” Can human beings do anything more evil than what we read in Romans 1:18–31? Is there...
Introduction One thing I remember about the church as a kid was the older men. There was the man who gave all the kids sticks of Juicy Fruit before we went into the service. There was the man who sang loudly (and well!) They all seemed bigger-than-life with calloused...
Colossians 1:24, “I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church”- Can you feel the apostle Paul’s heartbeat here? He was at that time imprisoned (Acts 28:16,...