Brett | September 1, 2010
Here is an exchange I had a while back that I thought may of interest to some. It was a good in house discussion on the relationship between faith (belief or doctrine) and works. My comments are in black
I want to say much, but it all boils down to my belief that Love does, indeed, [...]
Brett | July 29, 2010
Sometimes I think the way we do church is kind of like a divine gossip column. We go to listen to sermons. Why? Hopefully the answer is, we go to listen in the hopes that the preacher may accurately proclaim God’s word to us. If that is the case, the next question [...]
Brett | July 22, 2010
Our enemies try to attack us by making us do what comes natural. “Do what feel right.” “If it feels so good it can’t be bad.” Our nature is evil, so if the enemy can get us to do what comes naturally, he has already won.
Jer 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his [...]
Brett | June 21, 2010
But where knowable truth is denied, ambition suffocates. Meandering replaces meaning, confusion trumps conviction, ambivalence swallows aspiration. We become living symptoms of the last days, “always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth” (2 Tim 3:7). (Dave Harvey, http://theresurgence.com/ambition_in_a_postmodern_world)
Individualism once allied with a societal assumption of objective [...]
Brett | June 1, 2010
“Therefore, in reading profane authors, the admirable light of truth displayed in them should remind us, that the human mind, however much fallen and perverted from its original integrity, is still adorned and invested with admirable gifts from its Creator. If we reflect that the Spirit of God is the only [...]
Brett | May 3, 2010
How a healthy view of God’s sovereignty affects our living.
The Story of Zac Smith from NewSpring Media on Vimeo.
Brett | April 19, 2010
I was recently asked what I thought about pastors that cuss in the pulpit. I thought I’d give my thoughts here.
First, most of the passages that talk about curses or swearing have to do with oaths and vows, or blessings and cursings. They have nothing to do with swear words as we normally [...]
O men of the world! what good can you desire which is not in Christ? The excellencies of earth are but His footstool; the excellencies of heaven are but His throne! How excellent, then, must He himself be! -James Meikle
My Name is Brett Scollard. I am husband to the most amazing woman in the world, father to 7 wonderful kids and pastor of Grace Community Church in McCook Nebraska. I am confessionally a Reformed Baptist. I run this blog as a means to sharpen and be sharpened so that we may all, "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
