Tag: Christ Formed in You

  • Recommendation & Book Give Away: Christ Formed in You

    Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions? Perhaps they sounded something like this: This year I resolve to speak and act with kindness. This year I resolve to exercise self-control when it comes to eating. This year I resolve to get up earlier for a quiet time and to exercise. This year I resolve to…

  • Thanksgiving Day 11

    I am in the thick of Brian Hedges book, Christ Formed in You.  I’ve reached the second section of the book in which he teaches and encourages the believer to mortify her sin.  He writes, “Lots of us think we can tame sin, but like a tiger, sin turns and masters us at the first…

  • Christ Alone

    Our pastor is preaching through Galatians.  Last Sunday, he preached through Gal. 3:1-5: O foolish Galatians!  Who has bewitched you?  It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.  Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?  Are…

  • Your Pursuit of Holiness…

    …is it for grace or from grace? You will never get traction in your transformation until your feet are firmly planted in the freedom of God’s justifying grace in Christ. — Brian Hedges, Christ Formed In You, The Power of the Gospel for Personal Change