Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
This week in our journey through Romans, we dove into Romans 6 and looked at how we are “Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ.” What does that mean, exactly? Well, in this chapter, Paul paints a glorious picture of our baptism from death to life. In Romans 5 he writes that while we were still […]
God is Near to the Broken Hearted (Video Blog)
Today I want to share with you a video that I did a couple of summers ago when I was cleaning up some of my grandchildren’s toys at my house. As I was cleaning, God spoke to me about talking to our loved ones who are broken-hearted. God does that, doesn’t He? He takes the […]
Justification by Faith
Good afternoon, Drawing Near to God community! I’m so grateful that many of you are joining me on this journey through Romans, either at our live Teaching & Worship Experience, by streaming or here on the blog. This week we continued our journey with Romans 4, looking at Justification by Faith. Beginning with Romans 1:17, Paul […]
Marriage a Dying Institution?
Dear friends, I have a question for you. Do you think that marriage is a dying institution and that there is no longer significance in our society to enter into the sacrament of marriage? I want to address this very personally as someone who has been married for 46 years that it is still of […]
Beware of Bitter Root Judgments
Good afternoon and welcome to making space Mondays (for God that is). Some of you have just stumbled onto this blog because you are dealing with what the Bible calls bitter root judgments. Let me just put this out there on the front end. If you are a living-breathing-human being then at some time in […]
God’s Righteous Judgment
Good afternoon, Drawing Near to God community! As those of you who have been following my blog know, we have been journeying through Romas this semester in our Teaching & Worship Experience. I like posting my notes on here so you can get a sense of what we’re studying and you can follow along with […]
The Music in Your Soul
This past summer I had the pleasure of watching a violin maker go through the steps of creating a violin. It was quite a remarkable process but each step had a vital purpose from the selecting of the wood for the violin to creating the violin using a template, cutting it out and endless hours carving […]
Romans Lesson Notes – Chapter 2, Darkened Thinking
Romans Chapter 2 – Darkened Thinking “All have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory,” (Romans 3:22) Sin is the great equalizer. All of humanity has the propensity to sin, which is known as the human condition Rebellion= opposition or defiance against one in authority Rebellion is as the sin of divination (counterfeit source) Rebellion= gaining […]
Romans Chapter 1 – Teaching Notes
Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith as it is written the righteous shall live by faith. […]
Do I Belong?
Friends, we all have a longing to belong; belong in a family, a group of friends, fit in in our workplace, But the biggest desire we have to belong can only be filled by God. Having a bunch of friends on Instagram or Facebook only gives us a false sense of belonging. Now let’s get […]