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The Sorrow That Seeks Salvation (March 15)
The path to heaven passes through the territory of repentance, and that is a painful place to be. But the horror of our sins has to become real to us. If that does not happen, the Promised Land will not seem to us much better than the wilderness.
Where the Righteousness of God Is Revealed (March 14)
It is in the gospel that God has revealed His plan. The righteousness He is willing to provide is based on faith in His Son. We might have preferred some other way, but God’s plan is what it is — and it is in the gospel that He makes it known.
Faith: the Mainspring of Righteousness (March 13)
Real faith involves more than accepting the facts of the gospel intellectually. As it grows to maturity, faith turns into confidence and trust — a trust that will risk everything in order to act on what God says about Himself and His will for us.
Ashes and Anguish (March 15)
Until we despair concerning our own “gods, the work of men’s hands,” we are hardly ready to appreciate the true God. If we’re not willing to let go of the created things we’ve been clinging to, we’re not ready to receive what the Creator has for us.
Anomie (March 14)
From the Greek for “lawlessness,” “anomie” has come into popular usage as a description of the “alienation” felt by individuals when they sense that the structures of society are collapsing. It’s that sickening feeling that the world is coming apart.
A Necessary Turning (March 13)
Dressed even in the best behavior of our present spiritual condition, we are not fit to be at the banquet table of our Maker. We must be converted. Deep change must take place — so deep that it can only grow out of what is called “godly sorrow.”
No Need to Know the Territory (March 15)
We aren’t told what the future holds. Our life’s journey may take us along any number of different routes, none of which we can predict or be prepared for. So no map is given to us, only a Compass, and we must be content to be guided by God.
Your Wreckage Can Be Repaired! (March 14)
Sometimes we are defeated by discouragement. But the great hope of the gospel is that, while life lasts, none of us is a lost cause. Our defeats need not be final. Our failures need not be fatal. Real change for the better is always possible.
Bearing What We Need to Hear (March 13)
Our problem is not a lack of ability but an unwillingness to hear. As an old maxim puts it, “The truth is not always what we want to hear.” And even when the problem is a lack of ability, that lack of ability may be the result of neglect on our part.
Discussion (March 15)
To discuss something means to examine it closely by exchanging ideas. When people discuss a matter, they speak to one another about it in an effort to ascertain truth or reach agreement. A discussion is a consideration of a topic via conversation.
Life (March 14)
We must appreciate life, certainly, but we must also use it. It is to be employed as well as enjoyed. The best way to use this gift is by defending and enhancing the lives of others, helping them achieve a greater quality of life in all its dimensions.
Truth (March 13)
A fearless commitment to truth is one of the major components of moral human character. It might even be the greatest of all. No matter what other virtues may adorn us, without a commitment to truth, everything else fades away.
DFBS 312 – God’s love for us demonstrated at the cross moves us to love Him
“For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.”
DFBS 311 – By the blood of Christ we have access to God’s presence
Because Christ shed His blood for us, we need not fear the wrath of God’s justice; we may rest in the confidence of His mercy. By the blood of Christ, we come into God’s presence and expect to “receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
DFBS 310 – By dying in our stead, Jesus defeated the power of death
The Son of God took upon Himself mortal flesh and blood that “through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery” (Hebrews 2:14,15).
March 2026
I recently took a few days to assess the work that remains to be done on “Walking in Christ.” I’ve got 139 pages left to write, which sounds like a lot but it’s not nearly as many as the 366 I started with. It’s an exciting time in this this book, and I hope you…
January 2026
With God’s great help, I was able to meet my 2025 writing goals for “Walking in Christ.” I’ll have to keep my head down and stay focused to finish the remaining pages and have the book in your hands by the end of this year, but I believe it is doable.
November 2025
I have put myself on the daily regimen of reading from the Psalms in the morning and evening of each day. I follow a plan that takes me through all 150 of the Psalms every month. This is an ancient practice, and I have benefited from it greatly.