Category: Devotional

Have you stopped to consider why Christmas is such a big deal? What’s the purpose behind the peppermint? The why behind “White Christmas”? The source of our Celebration? Listen as Jarod encourages us to remember Jesus and the meaning of Christmas.  View on Zencastr Listen Here: Preacher Dad Podcast...

Trials are hard to endure, and no one enjoys suffering. But the Grace of God in the midst of that suffering brings us through, and when we express gratefulness for that Grace, then God gets great glory.  Listen Here: Episode 066 God gets glory from thanksgiving for grace, but...

Here is a blast from the past. Seems to be just as true today, if not more so, than it was over a decade ago. Read and consider… Reformation’s First Step...

Hello readers! (I’m glad to address all 5 of you!) I thought you might enjoy this little preview of my upcoming book, “Battle Plan: How regular Christians can engage in the culture war in a Biblical way”. (I’m still accepting title recommendations, btw.) If you’re interested in becoming part...

Eph. 2:3 – “…among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind…” (ESV, emphasis added) What would you say are the desires of the mind? We all pretty much understand the desires of the body, or...

One of the most difficult and prevalent challenges facing the 21st century Christian is fighting condemnation. Sometimes confused with judgement, condemnation is something that we often do to ourselves, and sometimes cast at others. The former is, in my view, more common. Let me share some Scriptural truth with...

Incredible faith in the shadow of death I’ve been thinking about this idea since Easter I was contemplating the thief on the cross. You remember the thief of the cross? When Jesus was on the cross he was between two thieves. One thief mocks him saying, “You know, if...

What is a Christian's duty in government? Influencing and even guiding governments to be more righteous, wise, or otherwise beneficial to the whole of a given society is an honorable pursuit for any Believer. To borrow a phrase from the Pledge of Allegiance, to preserve “liberty and justice for...

So I got an email from a friend a couple weeks back, and I found it to be a very clear and easy explanation of Grace and how to understand it according to Scripture. With all due respect and appreciation for my Calvinist friends, I present this for your...