Blake Long

Ten years ago God saved me. What a mind boggling sentence. This blog is my personal testimony of the goodness and lovingkindness of Jesus in my life; but it’s also meant to encourage you, fellow believer. God can save anyone. He can save the serial adulterer, the hypocritical religious zealot,…

There is room for disagreement within the body of Christ. For the church to function biblically, we must have grace for those who don’t have the same views on secondary or tertiary issues. This refers to what is called “theological triage,” popularized by an article by Albert Mohler. Gavin Ortlund,…

The church was instituted by God for the mutual encouragement of those in Christ, to name one reason. Therefore, it’s always a disservice when a Christian decides he or she doesn’t need the church. That attitude by itself is dangerous, as we all very clearly need the local church. However,…

False teachers, of any kind, are doing Satan’s work. Do we understand that? They are nefarious; false teachers are only about themselves. But the problem these days is some professing Christians find it very offensive when others point out false teachers. In the words of Shai Linne: “The only heresy…

“When faith sleeps, my heart becomes an unclean thing, the fount of every loathsome desire, the cage of unclean lusts all fluttering to escape, the noxious tree of deadly fruit, the open wayside of earthly tares.” (Valley of Vision) My faith is not as strong as I’d like it to…

We don’t know much of Jesus’s years on earth between the age of 12 and the beginning of his ministry around 30 years old. And there’s no need for speculation, really. What God has not communicated to us, we must not need to know. We can certainly trust God in…