2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 227
by Walt Martin on August 16th, 2026
Holiness is never only about what I am free to do. The Holy Spirit forms us into people who love God and neighbor so deeply that we willingly consider how our choices affect the people around us. Sometimes grace gives us freedom. Sometimes love teaches us to restrain that freedom for someone else’s sake. That's not weakness... it's Christlikeness.   Read More
0
2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 226
by Walt Martin on August 16th, 2026
We don't have to mirror the anger around us. We don't have to join every fight. We don't have to treat neighbors as enemies because the world has divided them into opposing camps. We don't have to grasp for power as though everything depends upon us winning...   Read More
0
2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 225
by Walt Martin on August 15th, 2026
After eleven chapters describing the mercy and faithfulness of God, Paul finally turns and says, in effect: Now live like people who have received that mercy...   Read More
0
2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 224
by Walt Martin on August 14th, 2026
Paul has looked at Israel and the nations, promise and unbelief, judgment and mercy, covenant and grace. He sees a story far larger than anything human beings could have planned. Then he remembers whose story it is. “Everything is from him and through him and for him. To him be the glory forever. Amen” (v. 36). There is freedom in that confession.   Read More
0
2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 223
by Walt Martin on August 13th, 2026
Our place in the tree should make us grateful, not arrogant. Who have we decided is probably beyond God's reach? Whose unbelief, resistance, failure, or distance from God have we begun treating as permanent?   Read More
0
2026 Reading Plan Reflections - Day 222
by Walt Martin on August 12th, 2026
The Law wasn't a failed experiment that Jesus replaced. Israel’s story, its promises, and its hope were moving toward the Messiah. Jesus is where the road has been leading. And now, Paul says, God’s saving grace has come near.   Read More
1
   NewerOlder   

Recent

Categories

Archive

 2026