Christian Living Theology How can I know if I really love God (Part 2) Is there a way to know if we really do love God or not? Jesus taught that a tree is known by its fruit (Mt 7: 15-18; Lk 6:43-44). So the question is, “What fruit should be looking for? The Apostle John wrote, “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed […] Written by Nathan Zach July 17, 2022July 18, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Christian Living Theology How can I know if I really love God? (Part 1) Have you ever met a person who is living a flagrantly sinful life who says they love God? Whether it’s the person raised in the church but is sinking in sin or the self-righteous lifelong pew dweller who has heard thousands of sermons but still has a heart of stone. Claiming to love God is […] Written by Nathan Zach July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Meditations How God Fed Me: A Year in Books 2021 Theological Books: 1. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith (in modern English) Every once in a while it’s good to go back to your foundation. Reading this confession of faith was like applying water right on the roots of my faith. This book lists all the major doctrines (teachings) of the Bible and explains them […] Written by Nathan Zach January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Theology How Christmas Reveals the Glory of God Isaiah foretells of the glory On the heels of Christmas, my family and I were going through our daily Advent readings, we came across this passage from Isaiah, “A voice cries: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain […] Written by Nathan Zach December 22, 2021December 24, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Christian Living A Story For Our Time Part 2 Rooted In Christ A Summary of Part 1 In part one of this post, we looked at the purpose of parables and how they were used by Jesus to teach people about spiritual realities. We used the parable of the pearl of great price as an example and from there we transitioned to the parable […] Written by Nathan Zach February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Christian Living Shaky Christians On Rocky Ground Pt 1 The Purpose and Use of Parables Jesus loved to tell stories. The Bible calls these stories parables. Jesus used these as his primary method of teaching about God and the kingdom of God to the people of his day [See Mt 13, 18; Mk 4; Lk 15]. They were meant to, by way of analogy […] Written by Nathan Zach January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Theology Ep. 016: A Look At The Doctrines Of Grace: Irresistible Grace Irresistible Grace “means that the Holy Spirit, whenever he chooses, can overcome all resistance and make his influence irresistible…The doctrine of irresistible grace means that God is sovereign and can conquer all resistance when he wills.” — John Piper in Five Points TOPICS DISCUSSED: The General/Specific Nature of the Call The Calling/Grace is Effective/Irresistible Because of […] Written by Nathan Zach January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Theology Ep. 017: A Look At The Doctrines Of Grace: Perseverance of the Saints We’ve finally arrived at the last stop in our “Walk through the flowers: a look at the Doctrines of Grace.” After having examined Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, and Irresistible Grace we now will examine the “P” in the acrostic which stands for the Perseverance of the Saints. Let’s start by looking at a […] Written by Nathan Zach November 30, 2020December 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Theology The Trough Podcast Ep. 018: What is Expositional Preaching? Expositional preaching is empowered preaching that rightfully submits the shape and emphasis of the sermon to the shape and emphasis of a biblical text. TOPICS DISCUSSED: What is expositional preaching? Contextualization Exegesis Application DONT FORGET: If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to The Trough Podcast on iTunes and we would be honored if you […] Written by Nathan Zach June 6, 2020January 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Book Recommendations Good Reads From the Pen of: Dr. Martin Lloyd Jones “From the Pen of” is a series of blog posts where I will take excerpts from books I am either reading now or have read in the past and highlight sections of the text that make compelling arguments, insights or applications into the realities of Christian life and service. In this post, I want to […] Written by Nathan Zach May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
