Posts with the tag “joy”

As Christians, we are supposed to fight sin and to avoid even the appearance of sin. Those demands, if one is not in Christ, are crushing. Only Christ carried that weight perfectly, and to attempt to carry that burden without Him will inevitably lead one to be crushed. Holiness is defined as being set apart for a purpose. The reason Christians do not run after the desires with which the world, the flesh, and the devil present us is that we have been set apart for something better.   Read More

Perfect faithfulness is neither seen nor an expected virtue from any child of Adam. We know and have experienced that no human can be perfectly faithful to another, no matter how hard one may attempt to be faithful. We can never achieve it and seldom obtain it.  Read More

Baxter's book is a sobering reminder that one day we all will die, some sooner than others. That much is a guarantee.  Read More