Friday is for Heart Songs The following is an excerpt from D.A. Carson’s book The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God. The introduction to the excerpt is from Kairos Journal. There is so much mushy thinking and teaching on the love of God and so much of it is often put at odds with his other … More The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (Excerpt)
Thursday is for Discipleship Homosexual activists will not be pleased with this posting. The following is a brief article from Kairos Journal documenting the murder and martyrdom of missionaries to Uganda that would not relent and participate in homosexual activity. Present day Christians in Uganda who resist the worldwide push for acceptance of homosexuality as … More Standing Up and Dying for What is Right
Tuesday is for Thinking 1 Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. On the surface, one of those boring verses that most of us skip … More Real People and the Bible
Weekend Links Away on a retreat with the elders of Trinity Church, so I am posting this before breakfast this morning. The rain is falling. The snow is melting. And in 34 days, pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training. Then Easter comes. How can anyone not like the Spring. It’s coming. Enjoy the weekend … More No-Fuss-Parenting; Bad Youth Ministry; Raising Up Men; George Muller; Preachers Undermining the Word and much more
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Sunday Musings The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature of the world: but joy, pleasure, and merriment, He has scattered broadcast. We are never safe, but we have plenty of fun, and some ecstasy. It is not hard to see why. The security we crave … More Why God Keeps Our Happiness Shallow
Weekend Links I don’t know where I first read it. I don’t even know if I remember the quote right. But it went something like this: “A friend is someone who knows the song of your life and can sing the melody line for you when you have forgotten it.” My hope for you in … More Top Church Trends; New York Times and Calvinism; 255 Obama Lies; Apps, Teens and Parents; and much more
Friday is for Heart Songs “The average person reads 200 to 250 words per minute; there are about 775,000 words in the Bible; therefore it takes less than 10 minutes a day to read the whole Bible in a year.” ( Justin Taylor) When I was a full time pastor, I would annually challenge and provide … More Eat This Book and Change Your Life Forever
Wednesday is for Prayer I love New Year’s day. No one has any expectations for me and I have the whole day to read, and pray, and think, take a walk if I like, get on the treadmill if I like. It is marvelous. Today I had five virtually uninterrupted hours at the church as … More The Blazing Center of a Missional Christian’s Life
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