A Pastor Writing About the Christian Life
Faith.
Scripture. Life.
Pastoral reflections on what it means to follow Jesus — for ordinary people in ordinary days.
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Still Sovereign, Still Near
Sovereignty is easy to sing about until two in the morning, when the doctrine and your life stop matching up. This post sits with that tension, and points to the one place it actually gets answered: not an argument, but a cross.
Continue readingGrace Was Never a Reward for a Clean Finish
A word for anyone carrying grief that theology made heavier instead of lighter. If salvation is not from works, then it cannot be undone by a work either, not even a final desperate act taken in the darkest hour a mind ever knew.
Galatians 5:1-15 — You Are Not a Better-Managed Slave
There’s a version of Christianity that’s just a better-organized form of slavery. Nicer furniture in the cell. Holier rules on the wall. But still a cell. Paul wrote Galatians because the church there was heading back toward exactly that; and he couldn’t let it go without a fight.
You Can Trust This Book
The Bible has been questioned, attacked, and dismissed for centuries. And it is still standing. A look at why Scripture can bear the weight of your full trust.
“Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.”Psalm 119 : 105 — CSB
Pastor Steven Bradshaw
Writing about Scripture, faith, and the Christian life — for ordinary people who want to follow Jesus faithfully in ordinary days.