The root of our despair is that we are not being taught how to live, that is, to work out the good news of the gospel into our daily lives. In this brief exhortation, you will here how to overcome this despair by exposing yourself to the -good news- in the provided texts.

This is the second installment of a series addressing the Lenten season and its practices. In this lesson, we examine very similar religious practices to Lent within the ancient city of Colossae- practices Paul condemns. But the apostle then sets forth what genuine Christian piety looks like and the transformation it produces in Christian character and relationships.

The root of our despair is that we are not being taught how to live, that is, to work out the good news of the gospel into our daily lives. In this brief exhortation, you will here how to overcome this despair by exposing yourself to the "good news" in the provided texts.

This is the second installment of a series addressing the Lenten season and its practices. In this lesson, we examine very similar religious practices to Lent within the ancient city of Colossae; practices Paul condemns. But the apostle then sets forth what genuine Christian piety looks like and the transformation it produces in Christian character and relationships.

There is serious danger in keeping Lent, not that the season itself is dangerous, but how people tend to treat its works of deprivation as pleasing to God. In this brief exhortation, I examine the Lenten season within the framework of the gospel of sovereign grace.

There is serious danger in keeping Lent, not that the season itself is dangerous, but how people tend to treat its works of deprivation as pleasing to God. In this brief exhortation, I examine the Lenten season within the framework of the gospel of sovereign grace.

Throughout the history of God's people, there has been a propensity to look to men to save them from other men, to nations to save them from other nations. The result then and the result today is idolatry of the first-order. This is a call to avoid the hysteria on the left and right of an election year and instead walk in sobriety and peace, even toward your enemies.

Throughout the history of God's people, there has been a propensity to look to men to save them from other men, to nations to save them from other nations. The result then and the result today is idolatry of the first-order. This is a call to avoid the hysteria on the left and right of an election year and instead walk in sobriety and peace, even toward your enemies.

The promise of moral transformation is to all who believe the gospel. Indeed, to believe and not experience genuine, Spirit-empowered transformation is unheard of in the New Testament. This is because it is God's primary purpose to restore his image in humanity by conforming those who believe the gospel into the image of his Son, who is himself, the perfect image of God.

The promise of moral transformation is to all who believe the gospel. Indeed, to believe and not experience genuine, Spirit-empowered transformation is unheard of in the New Testament. This is because it is God's primary purpose to restore his image in humanity by conforming those who believe the gospel into the image of his Son, who is himself, the perfect image of God.