Sunday Afternoon Musing Never saw it before. There is a three-Psalm sequence in Book 4 of the Psalter (Ps. 90-106) that could be the primary texts for a missions conference concerning the reasons, needs, and motivations to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. Psalm 96-98 are the ones I have in mind. … More The Missionary God
Sunday Afternoon Musings Last night, I was reading 1 Thessalonians and was struck again by the fact that Paul wrote this letter to a group of baby Christians, and yet in every chapter he talks about the second coming of Christ. Apparently, for the apostle Paul, the doctrine of the Second Coming is considered prime … More Sunday Meditation
Three Excerpts from My Forthcoming Book: Praying the Scripture: Learning to Pray the Psalms from Chapter 15: Psalm 88: The Prayer God Kept I want to stay with Psalm 88 a little longer, because I think it is one of the most important psalms in the book for anyone who has ever felt that prayer … More God Interprets Tears Fluently
INTRODUCTIONWhen Prayer Becomes Breath I was driving home from helping my daughter move sheep when the thought hit me. It wasn’t profound at first. Just a whisper. A nudge. One of those quiet moments when the Spirit seems to lean in and say, “Pay attention.” Missouri has given us many gifts, but being close enough … More Tinkering Before I Give it Over to an Editor
Sunday Afternoon Musing Grief is always hard, but it can also be a protection for the soul. May all your grief draw you closer to Him who bore all your sins as a part of his grief out of love and for your eternal joy.
Do You See the Birds? I put a birdfeeder outside the kitchen window because my wife asked me to. A flower hangs on the back. On the left hangs a cylinder feeder. On the right hangs a hummingbird feeder, and out in front is a feeder that looks like a child’s doll house is filled … More Do You See the Birds?
The Athenian Oath was a pledge that all Athenian citizens swore to uphold. I had never heard of it until my brother and his wife visited last week, and we went to visit the Laura Engals Wilder homestead, two hours Southeast of our present home in Pleasant Hope, MO. We saw it in the museum, … More “A More Perfect Union”
Chapter 2The Psalms as the Prayer Book of Jesus The longer I walk with Christ, the more convinced I become that the Psalms are not optional for the Christian life. They are essential. They are like oxygen. They are the Spirit-inspired vocabulary of the people of God in every generation. And they were the prayer … More Chapter 2 Draft of Forthcoming Book
Sunday Afternoon Musing Last night, my wife and I watched Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston in the 1958 Western movie, Big Country. We haven’t finished it. It got to be late. We’ll try to do it this afternoon as we relax, and also remember those who gave their lives to protect the freedoms we all … More An Impossible Wikipedia Entry for a Christian
An un-mortared stone wall in Chester County. PA CHAPTER 1Why We Don’t Pray (and Why We Must) Most Christians feel guilty about prayer. But guilt has never produced a praying people. If guilt could make us pray, the American church would be a powerhouse of intercession. Instead, we are distracted, hurried, anxious, and exhausted. We … More Looking for Feedback on Chapter 1
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