Tag: Spiritual Formation
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Refresh 3: Healthier Habits (1 Timothy 4:6-16)
If salvation is by grace, why does Paul tell Timothy to train, toil, strive, practice, and persist? Because grace doesn’t eliminate effort—and the habits we practice are forming the people we become. In Healthier Habits, we’ll look at what it means to train for godliness, recognize real spiritual progress, and keep going when growth seems…
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Refresh, Part 1:A New Mind (Romans 12:1-2)
A spiritual refresh doesn’t always require a whole new formula. The formula God’s been using for thousands of years still works.
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Day 172: Wives and Concubines (1 Kings 11:3)
Solomon’s 700 wives weren’t merely a moral failure. They were 700 attempts to find security somewhere besides God. The question isn’t whether we have foreign wives—it’s what little kingdoms have captured our hearts.
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Day 141: Gentleness that Makes Me Great (2 Samuel 22:36)
Buried in the middle of all the military imagery of 2 Samuel 22 is a surprising turn: God’s gentleness made David great. God does not shape us through cruelty or intimidation, but through steadfast love, mercy, and kindness.
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Day 139: The Cycle of Recycled Revenge (2 Samuel 19-21)
In 2 Samuel 19–21, the kingdom feels trapped in what Coldplay called “a cycle of recycled revenge.” But Jesus, the Son of David, offers a better way: reconciliation instead of retaliation, peace instead of score-settling.
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Day 128: Friendship, Secrets, and an Appreciation for Tara-Leigh Cobble (Psalm 25:14)
Psalm 25:14, has been translated in two different ways, and my first is to figure out which one is “right.” But what if I’m asking the wrong question. I’m I willing to listen to a perspective that comes from a different place?