Creation and Human Existence
Conscience Under Pressure
A pressured conscience still belongs to God.
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Creation and Human Existence
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Creation and Human Existence
Finitude
Your limits are not accidents; they are reminders that you are not God.
Creation and Human Existence
Identity in Christ
The deepest name over the believer is not self-made; it is given in Christ.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Affections
Your affections are not neutral; they are being discipled.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Autonomy
Autonomy is not freedom; it is rebellion trying to sound mature.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Character Formation
You are becoming someone, whether you are paying attention or not.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Comfort
Comfort is not escape from reality.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Creatureliness
You are not sovereign. That is not an insult; it is the first step back to sanity.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Dependence
The self is a terrible god and a poor interpreter of itself.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Desire
A desire can feel like truth while dragging you away from God.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Embodiment
Your body is not a costume for the self; it belongs before God.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Habit
Your habits are forming you while your intentions are making excuses.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Human Dignity
No creature gets to price-tag an image-bearer.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Human Limits
Limits are mercy when they stop the creature from pretending to be infinite.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Human Nature
You do not get to invent what a human being is after God has already spoken.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Human Purpose
You do not discover purpose by staring deeper into the self; the self only makes sense when it is returned to God.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Human Weakness
The self is a terrible god and a poor interpreter of itself.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Identity
The self is a terrible god. It cannot create its own meaning, cleanse its own guilt, or name itself more truthfully than its Maker.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Image of God
Human dignity is not permission for autonomy. The image-bearer is noble precisely because he belongs to God.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Imagination
Your imagination is discipling you before you notice it.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Meaning
The self is a terrible god and a poor interpreter of itself.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Memory
The past will either become a witness to God or a weapon for the flesh.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Personhood
No society has authority to decide which image-bearers count.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Self-Deception
The most dangerous lie is the one that sounds like your own voice.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Self-Denial
The self is a terrible god and a poor interpreter of itself.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Self-Expression
The self is a terrible god and a poor interpreter of itself.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Self-Importance
The self is a terrible god and a poor interpreter of itself.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Self-Love
The self is a terrible god and a poor interpreter of itself.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Self-Protection
The self is a terrible god and a poor interpreter of itself.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on Selfhood
Finding yourself apart from Christ is just a polished way of losing your soul.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on The Heart
“Follow your heart” is deadly counsel when the heart needs a new Lord.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on The Mind
Your thoughts are not innocent merely because they are private.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on The Soul
You can gain the world and still be ruined where it matters most.
Creation and Human Existence
Kingdom Perspective on The Will
Choosing is not freedom if desire is enslaved.
Creation and Human Existence
Moral Agency
You are not sovereign, but you are responsible.
Creation and Human Existence
Moral Responsibility
You are not saved by responsibility, but you cannot escape accountability.
Creation and Human Existence
Vulnerability
Weakness needs grace, not self-enthronement.