Posts by Sam Stokes

Why do we need to confess our sins to others?

We often like to believe that if we confess our sins to God, that is enough. We’ve practiced repentance. After all, we don’t need to confess things to our brothers and sisters when it doesn’t affect them. But we forget that our sin does affect them. It affects the whole body. As Paul says in…

The Love of God

This morning during my quiet time, I read Matthew 14-18. I’ve been reading larger chunks of scripture at a time in the morning, and getting a dose of the big picture of God’s plan. It’s refreshing for my soul, seeing the wonderful character of Jesus, the amazing work of the Spirit in the world around…