by Bob | Apr 15, 2012 | Faith, Forgiveness, Gospel, Grace, Prayer, Repentance, Sunday Worship
A Prayer for Sunday Worship: Forgiveness “Heavenly Father, instead of endless drips of guilt, I trust that You bathe us in Christ with forgiveness. I ask that Your promises of daily grace cascade upon me like an invigorating waterfall. I pray that Your personal...
by Bob | Mar 22, 2012 | Grace, Paul Tripp, Sin
What Every Person Must Hear and Confess Paul Tripp at The Gospel Coalition offers a scathing rebuke to our self-centeredness in What Every Pastor Must Hear and Confess. While Dr. Tripp wrote it focused on pastors, you’ll notice that I’ve tweaked the title from...
by Bob | Jun 13, 2011 | Grace
The Limitless Love of God for You I appreciated this quote from Dr. Ray Ortlund’s Christ Is Deeper Still blog. “Oh, you are not dealing with trifles when you are dealing with the love of God to you. It is not a spare corner of the heart of God that He gives to you,...
by Bob | May 23, 2011 | Grace, Marriage
The Grace Wife On May 23, 1981, at Berean Baptist Church in Richmond, VA, Pastor Ralph Hubble pronounced Bob Kellemen and Shirley Vernon “husband and wife.” On Our 30th Anniversary If my math is correct, and it had better be, that makes today our 30th Anniversary. ...
by Bob | May 22, 2011 | Grace, John Stott, Sin, Soul Physicians
Trying to Paint Over Bad Paint: The Foolish Futility of Self-Sufficiency When we moved into our current home five years ago, we moaned when we saw that the back deck had been painted rather than stained. We tried every known remedy to remove all the paint. The best...
by Bob | Apr 25, 2011 | Easter, Good Friday, Grace, Jesus
Easter…Now What? Though we celebrate Easter on one specific day, the impact of Easter is eternal. Easter changes everything. Easter makes all the difference in this world and the world to come. Why? Just what happened at Easter? What difference does Easter make? ...
