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Tag Archives: Sanctification

“I shall be safe” (?)

Last week I talked about holiness, and particularly what it is not. We can think ourselves holy by external comparisons with others when we base our perceived ‘holiness’ on what we do or don’t do rather than what’s in our hearts. We can deceive ourselves especially well if we maintain a little distance (and deafness) […]

November 2, 2014 Bunyan:Pilgrims Progress, Holiness, Sanctification 2 Comments

Of the Glorious Renovations underway in us

Where do I begin?  Momentous themes have been rolling around in my mind this week—SIN, Glory!, Desire, Faith.  The new nature. The ‘old man’.  And  the Holy Spirit’s role in all of these. Let me start with sin, but don’t worry I won’t end here! I promise.  I’ve been thinking a lot lately about sin […]

September 20, 2014 Overcoming Sin--Owen, Sanctification, Sin Nature Leave a comment

Made for Something More

We’re forever wanting when we’re not worshiping.  Have you noticed? We were made for something more than this world can afford. It offers a lot–pleasure, applause, glamour, always some form of what we crave. But it delivers nothing worth having, nothing that lasts. Nothing that actually satisfies the craving of our hearts. Oh there’s plenty […]

September 13, 2014 Overcoming Sin--Owen, Sanctification, Worship 2 Comments

Clearing Streams…

I’ve been thinking lately of my life as an obstructed streamlet. As a kid our house adjoined a small woods through which a stream trickled carrying run-off from the surrounding farmland to the small lake where we skated in the winter and might catch a fish or two in the summer. Every year leaves would […]

October 4, 2013 Growing Pains, My Story, Pleasing God, Sanctification 1 Comment

A Care Label worth reading

Have you ever stared at a Care Label in dismay at all those cryptic symbols–that tidy row of do’s and don’ts, all laid out in code? Every vehicle, appliance, gadget and piece of clothing comes with instructions for its rightful use and care and a profusion of don’ts and warnings for the user unaware:  Don’t […]

September 22, 2013 Growing Pains, Holiness, My Story, Sanctification 1 Comment

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