The Spirit gives many gifts. How poetic, since he himself is the Gift that God gives to the Son in perpetuity, the Gift he gives the Son without measure (John 3:34). In this series of posts, we’ll look not just at the gifts he gives, but at how each of those gifts is relational and […] The post Giving and Gifts of the Spirit: Part 1, Love appeared first on PTH. Read more »

Black earth has a sanctity to it. The color calls to us from a damp, ancient place where life comes from death. It’s the call of richness, of fertility, of potential. Black soil is the home of all things green and godly. And that makes perfect sense. All that’s green and godly comes from the […] The post God of the Garden: What We Can Learn from Digging in the Dirt appeared first on PTH. Read more »

I came across a striking sentence that shouldered my mind down a long path with no end in sight (and that was a good thing). Let me share it with you. Love’s highest desire is not to appropriate, but rather to give. Edmund Clowney, Christian Meditation, p. 81-82 It doesn’t stand out too much, does […] The post Where Lies Love’s Greatest Desire? appeared first on PTH. Read more »