Graceful Truth

DO YOU WANT A TRANSFORMED LIFE?

by Bill Elliff March 25, 2024

Everyone has old information in their minds. And, "as a man thinks in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7). The information, opinions, beliefs, and values accumulated in our minds determine everything we do.

REFLECTIONS ON SPIRITUAL AWAKENING (Part 8)

by Bill Elliff February 24, 2023

So what will we do?

Sixteen days ago, a Divine voice called the students and faculty at Asbury college and seminary to Himself. It was not merely the winsome, godly preacher in their normal chapel service, Zach MeerGreebs, who called them. It was God.

HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD DO TODAY

by Bill Elliff November 04, 2020

It’s our greatest dilemma. We don’t know what to do. All of us face moments and seasons when we are perplexed about the next steps. When we are confused or wandering.

This is why the Bible is so important. It is God’s Word directly to us. The Holy Spirit is given to the willing follower so that he/she might “freely know the things given to us by God.” It is a “lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.”

GOD, THE AVENGER or, THE EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF FORGIVENESS

by Bill Elliff April 16, 2020

If we fail to forgive and seek to retaliate, the “correcting” of the one who offended us is in our hands. And we’re terribly deficient in our ability to accomplish the right results. In fact, we can do great harm both to others and ourselves. Often our efforts put is in the prison of unforgiveness and even bitterness.

LEAVING REVENGE WHERE IT WORKS BEST

by Bill Elliff October 25, 2019

Anyone can love those who love them, Jesus said on the Sermon on the Mount. But the most profound witness is to genuinely love—and respond in love—to those who hate and persecute us, leaving vengeance in the hands of a perfect Judge. Paul tells us how.

OUR POSTURE IN DIFFICULT STORMS

by Bill Elliff July 29, 2019

As we live in this fallen world, we encounter all kinds of sinfulness and its effects, both within and without. If we are not mindful, we lose hope as we suffer difficulties and trials. If we lose hope, we quit praying, thinking there is no use. And, if we stop praying, we are not entering into the presence of the only One who can help us.

HOW TO PRAY IN OUR HARDEST TIMES

by Bill Elliff March 09, 2019

Jesus modeled or spoke of prayer over 25 times in the Scriptures. But perhaps the most profound model of prayer came in Gethsemane, hours before His crucifixion. It shows us how to pray at the darkest hours of our lives.