New posts will be posted every Tuesday. Pastor Ryan also blogs at his personal site, Look at Christ, at www.lookatchrist.com.
April 14, 2020 by Jacob Navey | Tags: love, Heart, Idolatry, Christ
Our affections are important to God. The affections we have will be determinative of our actions, both today and for the remainder of the lives we have been granted here on earth. This is why, when asked what the greatest commandment is, Jesus quotes from the book of Deuteronomy. “‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?’ And he said to him, ‘You shall ...
Keep ReadingMarch 31, 2020 by Jacob Navey | Tags: Thinking, God, love
We are motivated by what we love; we are driven by what we believe is valuable. As has been said often, if you want to know what someone loves, see how they use their time. Let’s take this same principle and press it into the individual a few steps deeper. Rather than looking at how we spend our time, let us instead consider our thoughts. Our minds tell the story of how ...
Keep ReadingMarch 16, 2020 | Tags: church, God, faith, Christian living, hope, love, Fear
Coronavirus is spreading fast. Schools are being shut down. Events have been cancelled. And governments all over the globe are buckling down in an attempt to halt the pandemic. How are we as Christians to respond? While God’s world seems to be in panic, how are God’s people to act?...
Keep ReadingMarch 16, 2020 | Tags: God, faith, hope, love, Fear
Coronavirus is spreading fast. Schools are being shut down. Events have been cancelled. And governments all over the globe are buckling down in an attempt to halt the pandemic. How are we as Christians to respond? While God’s world seems to be in panic, how are God’s people to act?...
Keep ReadingJune 4, 2019 | Tags: hope, evil, love, God
Evil is thwarted, undermined, and outdone by the love of God. This is true especially at the cross where the love of God defeated the darkness that has spread over the world. By dying in the place of his people, God in his love enabled sinners to be genuinely forgiven, reconciled to him, and transformed. There, God’s love won......
Keep ReadingMay 14, 2019 | Category: Theology | Tags: love, God
With what can we compare God’s love for his people? C.S. Lewis provides us with four helpful analogies to picture God’s love...
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