Reading Time: 4 minutes
If grace is God’s love for us that we do not deserve, then faith is how that grace is appropriated in our lives.
+The Lookout
Feb. 13 | Application
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Has life disappointed you? Have others disappointed you? How about the church . . . or God?
Feb. 13 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
How have you experienced suffering and what it produces? What have you learned from that?
Feb. 6 | Justified by Grace
Reading Time: 4 minutes
As the Justifier, how can God stay true to his character and punish sin (that is, how can he be “just”), and at the same time release the offender (i.e., the sinner) from punishment? Grace is the answer.
Feb. 6 | Application
Reading Time: 3 minutes
I wonder, “What if the way I feel about golf is the way non-Christians feel about the church?”
Feb. 6 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
How does Romans 3:9-31 describe the condition of humans under the law? How does it describe the condition of people who are in Christ?
Jan. 30 | Righteous Relationships
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Faith that does not produce faithfulness is not worth a fig. The new right standing with God that has been created by the gospel has a practical side. Doctrine always shows up in duty. . . .
Jan. 30 | Application
Reading Time: 3 minutes
How can we honor the Lord when conflicts arise? Is it possible to hold firm convictions without destroying relationships? Several principles found in Romans 14 can help us put this slogan into practice.
Jan. 30 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
In Romans 14:1-5, 13-23, what surface-level issues were people in the church having with one another . . . and what deeper issues may have been behind those problems?