Apr 27, 2012
A eulogy that was never written
Posted by Evan Whitman in Gospel Identity | Comments (0)
I am 31 years old. I have been to far more funerals in my life than I care to remember. Why? Because they hurt, not because I care any less about the person deceased. Chances are if you’re reading this you have been to your fair share as well. No one wants to think about the pain of a loved one who is no longer with us. I have lost people in my life ranging from grandparents to my father to friends committing suicide to friends dying in drunken driving accidents to overdoses to coworkers, etc… I supposeRead More...
Apr 18, 2012
A Meadow Full of Moments
Posted by Michael Howarth in Gospel Identity | Comments (0)
Your life is a moment. Picture a vast landscape bordered only by horizons. It is enormous and grassy, scattered with trees and gentle hills. You cannot see the end of it; it just keeps going and going beyond the reach of your finite eyes. Now, in the enormity of this pastureland, turn your eyes to the ground, and stoop down. Notice the top of the grass and gaze even lower to its roots. Gaze lower still and you will find dirt. Smaller still and you will find its particles. This is your life. A particle. A moment. Small . How doRead More...
Mar 31, 2012
Are You a Christian or a Jesus Follower?
Posted by Michael Howarth in Gospel Living - Gospel Identity | Comments (0)
What an interesting world we live in. Today, each of us has unprecedented opportunities to mold a public image and share with others who we want them to think we are. Are you actually authentic, or just wanting people to think you are? Are you really happy, or do you just think you should be and thus present the right front for it? Do you really have that opinion or does it simply seem like you should? To paraphrase a concept I orginally heard from Dr. Ed Cole, you have three versions of yourself to deal with: Who you thinkRead More...
Mar 16, 2012
Crushed by Grace
Posted by Michael Howarth in Gospel Identity | Comments (0)
God’s Word is devastating to the human soul. It strips us of all confidence, assurance and peace. It comes in like a wrecking ball, destroying all pretense and self-righteous posturing. You have failed. You cannot meet His standard. You daily hate your fellow human beings and worship yourself. You think your deeds merit His favor when they don’t even merit His attention. He has tried you in the flame of His Perfect Holiness You have been found impure Profane Flawed You are hopeless Lifeless Dead _____ He moves He seeks not Himself But you You areRead More...
