Category Archives: grace

Got to Get Back to the Garden

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I’ll admit I got taken in the first time. As a grade school child my conception of cool included too tight silk shirts and blue jeans with more … Continue reading

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Sorry Friends, No JCE Podcast This Week

But here, for your viewing/listening pleasure, is our final study on the book of Romans. We hope you’ll find it edifying.

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Love One Another, Because He is In Us and Them

Do we not glide happily past this command? It should, though it doesn’t, go without saying. There’s no question that the Bible teaches this. There’s no question that the Bible emphasizes this. There’s no question that we’re not very good … Continue reading

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Are believers justified by their election?

Of course not. The way some of my fellow Reformed folk talk at times it might seem some think so. The way some non-Reformed folk talk at times, it might seem that they think we think this. But we don’t. … Continue reading

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Joy in the Mourning at the Table of the Lord

Reformed people can be odd ducks. Too often, we are a contentious bunch, given to arguing esoterica for the sheer fun of it. We give answers to questions that few are asking and ask questions where others are certain. When … Continue reading

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Stewarding Our Failures, Robust Dividends

When one invests his money wisely he ends up with more money. When one invests ones failures wisely he ends up with fewer failures. We don’t tend, however, to look at our failures as assets. We see them as burdens, … Continue reading

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Encouraging Words; Celebs in Christ; The End of the End

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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How should Christians respond to pride month?

Christians are called to be counter-cultural. Which means there’s only one way to respond to pride month. With humility. Which, of course, is the same way we should respond to every situation and circumstance. Humility for the believer operates on … Continue reading

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Ode A La Mode: We All Scream for Ice Cream

It is no surprise that when Paul seeks to summarize the scope of the unregenerate man’s sinful nature that he says, “Neither were they grateful” (Rom 1:21). That failure remains an ongoing enemy of the Spirit even when we’ve been … Continue reading

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Monday Night’s Study, Romans 15

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