by David Shepherd | Apr 27, 2021 | Resurrection Covenant
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. –Galatians 5:22-23 NET The vestiges of “plate-spinning” spirituality reside deep within me—and though...
by David Shepherd | Apr 23, 2021 | Resurrection Covenant
I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative, and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations. –Ezekiel 36:27 NET Christian hedonism, according to John Piper, believes that the best way to kill sin is by the power of a greater...
by David Shepherd | Apr 20, 2021 | Resurrection Covenant
[God] made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. –2 Corinthians 3:6 NET I was always fascinated with jugglers spinning plates. It seemed to require both finesse...
by David Shepherd | Apr 16, 2021 | Resurrection Covenant
But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the LORD. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people. –Jeremiah 31:33 NET In my...
by David Shepherd | Apr 13, 2021 | Resurrection Covenant
And although you were dead in your offenses and sins, in which you formerly lived…indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest… But God,…made us alive together with Christ. –Ephesians 2:1-5 NET I met...
