Posts from November 2019
Pastors Ponderings
Last week I highlighted the bold claim in Romans 8 that there is no condemnation for those who belong to Jesus. But there is a very obvious counter argument to this claim…we still sin and make wrong choices, even though we belong to Jesus. Isn’t this bold claim simply a licence to sin? Can’t we just claim the grace of God covers what we do and carry on sinning? It’s the argument Paul’s audience bought up when they heard this…
Will He Find Faith?
I sat back and looked out the window, a barrage of questions tumbling around in my brain. Why hadn’t I thought about this before? What did it mean? Why is this question put on the end of this story? What’s Jesus wanting us to understand by adding this to the end of his parable? I’d just read the parable from Luke which has been titled, The Persistent Widow. You’d be as familiar with this story as I am but it’s…
Pastors Ponderings
Romans 8:1 says there is no condemnation for those who belong to Jesus. Condemnation is defined as ‘very strong disapproval’ and is probably a word we can quickly associate with. I mean, who hasn’t lived with the horrid feeling of condemnation? But the bible tells us we can stand before God the Father totally free from the feeling of condemnation. How is that possible? I can tell you that I often feel condemned and I’m presuming you would feel the…