How can you know that you are saved? Assurance of salvation has been a troubling (and hotly contested) issue as long as the gospel has been around. This should come as no surprise: Thinking about your eternal salvation is pretty heady stuff. In assurance, theological reflection meets existential an
12.1.2011| The Fish Tank | andrewgarbarino
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A poem. As it leaped from my hands, I saw the imprint of Another. Left to the whims of an old master, I call out to the Potter for my soul! oh my soul oh my soul oh my soul “It is better to be free and a harlot, “Than controlled by a Lover.” Le
11.24.2011| The Fish Tank | Catherine Danielle Cook
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Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. (John 14:27) I want to tell you about a woman. Growing up, she watched her father, her mother, and her brother – all of her immediate family-
11.18.2011| The Fish Tank | Roshni Patel
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"Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the
11.14.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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A poem. Guilt is my assailant. Fiend takes form of friend And lures me from the fold To save me from my Guilt is my assailant, Burns confessions in my name To warm the lies of the deceiver. He said to save me from “Follow me, lost lambs. “Drink and
11.10.2011| The Fish Tank | Catherine Danielle Cook
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When Joy Davidman died of cancer in 1956, C. S. Lewis was devastated. Towards the end of his raw, unnerving ruminations on his grief over the loss of his beloved wife, Lewis began to reflect upon how his mental perception of God had been gradually changed through his unbearable suffering. He c
11.9.2011| The Fish Tank | Nick Nowalk
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Our culture has largely domesticated the cross. We have been conditioned to approach Jesus in quite a curious manner. We view his death with praise and thanksgiving, pointing to his incredible love that manifested itself in humility. We, however, never take a second to recognize humility for wh
11.4.2011| The Fish Tank | Roshni Patel
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