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January 8, 2014
In Liberty Ask
It’s easy to miss the forest for the trees. We know God is sovereign over everything. We know He does whatever he pleases. We know no man can thwart the will of God. We desperately want to know His will.
However, the majority of God’s sovereign will is a mystery to us. Our mind would be unable to comprehend the vast expansiveness of His will even if it were revealed. But when we make our
However, the majority of God’s sovereign will is a mystery to us. Our mind would be unable to comprehend the vast expansiveness of His will even if it were revealed. But when we make our
January 6, 2014
The Arrows of Grace
We easily forget that when the arrows of grace put the old man to death the marriage with our old master is annulled. We are no longer prostitutes bound to the body of sin (Rm 6:6). Our sins were always and will only ever be John’s disguised as abolitionists, a turn of phrase borrowed.
So if we are free in Christ, why do we return so easily to our sins?
Sin can seem comfortable. We know
So if we are free in Christ, why do we return so easily to our sins?
Sin can seem comfortable. We know
January 3, 2014
Capital Punishment for Kids
It’s no secret that in the Old Testament many things were capital punishment that aren’t today. Often skeptics criticize the Old Testament for what constituted a capital crime. We read it with our modern sensibility and end up huffing, nose up and walking away. Now when I read the Old Testament, I’m amazed at its simplicity especially compared to our tangled, Mirkwood law in the Unites States.
January 1, 2014
How Should the Gospel Change the Church’s Celebrity Culture?
The Church’s Celebrity Culture
As a country, we love celebrities. Some people follow celebrities around for their job and snap pictures of them doing ordinary things. Did I say that’s their job? Crazy, right? You can’t check out at the grocery store without being slapped in the face with the latest celebrity gossip.
There’s undoubtedly a celebrity culture in today’s American church as well.
As a country, we love celebrities. Some people follow celebrities around for their job and snap pictures of them doing ordinary things. Did I say that’s their job? Crazy, right? You can’t check out at the grocery store without being slapped in the face with the latest celebrity gossip.
There’s undoubtedly a celebrity culture in today’s American church as well.
December 30, 2013
Review: David Gibson and Jonathan Gibson, eds. From Heaven He Came and Sought Her
If you plan on purchasing From Heaven He Came and Sought Her, consider supporting Grace for Sinners by purchasing from Amazon.
Editors: David and Jonathan Gibson
Publisher: Crossway
Reading Level: Moderate
Most of you reading this review have within the last month celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas. Times of the year when most Americans pull out all the stops--parties, gifts, shopping,
Editors: David and Jonathan Gibson
Publisher: Crossway
Reading Level: Moderate
Most of you reading this review have within the last month celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas. Times of the year when most Americans pull out all the stops--parties, gifts, shopping,
December 27, 2013
Review: Michael Bird’s Evangelical Theology
If you plan on purchasing Evangelical Theology, consider supporting Grace for Sinners by purchasing from Amazon.
Author: Michael Bird
Publisher: Zondervan
Reading Level: Moderate
It’s been a while since I’ve read a systematic theology. I’ve focused more of my attention on reading biblical theology. But Michael Bird’s introduction video where he explains his premises for Evangelical Theology
Author: Michael Bird
Publisher: Zondervan
Reading Level: Moderate
It’s been a while since I’ve read a systematic theology. I’ve focused more of my attention on reading biblical theology. But Michael Bird’s introduction video where he explains his premises for Evangelical Theology
December 26, 2013
She’s Here! Adele Lila Kay Sims Has Arrived
This Advent season was particularly special for our home. We were not only celebrating the arrival of Jesus; we were eagerly awaiting the arrival of our own baby Adele Lila Kay. The experience gave me a new perspective while reading the birth narratives. Consider, for instance, the journey Joseph and Mary make from their home town of Nazareth to Bethlehem. The nervous, anticipation while they 
December 25, 2013
Merry Christmas from the Sims Family
It’s been a great year for our family. Thank you for journeying with me this year--through the release of my first book, the birth of another child (by tomorrow at this time), and the every day struggles of life. Looking forwarding to writing more, getting to know more of you, and seeing what God has for us in 2014. SDG.
December 23, 2013
The Inconvenient Virgin by Lore Ferguson #AdventSeries13
I wake this morning to the sound of rain pounding on our back porch. I lay still and listen. I guess it’s fitting that the weather would be inclement today. It’s probably snowing at home. And I’m sure it’s icing in more places. Inconvenient to the holiday travelers.
This week I think about inconvenience.
Not the stuck in traffic or the grocery store is out of your cereal kind of
This week I think about inconvenience.
Not the stuck in traffic or the grocery store is out of your cereal kind of
December 20, 2013
Review: Jim Hamilton’s What is Biblical Theology?
If you plan on purchasing What is Biblical Theology?, consider supporting Grace for Sinners by purchasing from Amazon.
Author: Jim Hamilton
Publisher: Crossway
Reading Level: Easy
Jim Hamilton provides a great resource for Christians wanting to learn the how and why of biblical theology. One of the things he did that I loved is connect biblical theology to Christian living. For instance, he says
Author: Jim Hamilton
Publisher: Crossway
Reading Level: Easy
Jim Hamilton provides a great resource for Christians wanting to learn the how and why of biblical theology. One of the things he did that I loved is connect biblical theology to Christian living. For instance, he says
