Wednesday is for Prayer “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find … More “No man knows how bad he is till …”
Monday is for Discussion “Repentance, in all of its biblical fulness, is a passionate word, a dramatic word. It speaks to the notion of changing direction, radically changing direction—but it is more than that. It is a passionate word not only with regard to direction but because it includes the ideas of sorrow, regret, perhaps … More The Passion and Direction of Repentance
Weekend Links The snow is receding and I have detected a corresponding rise in the positive spirit among everyone I talk to. Interesting how our happiness is so often tied to a change in weather. I think it is a longing in our hearts for the perfection of heaven, the perfection of days. This weekend’s … More Off Grid Illegal; Congressional Suggestions; Income Inequality; Multi-site Churches; Thabiti Anyabwile; Lent and Evangelicals
Thursday is Discipleship The idol factory we call our hearts is constantly turning out new gods for us to worship and bow down to. New images and trinkets and toys to give our attention and allegiance to and draw our hearts away from the one true God. Tozer reminds us that all idolatry starts with … More Tozer on Idolatry
Wednesday is for Confusion and Heart Songs Finding time. Making time. Prioritizing time. Planning time. Removing distractions. Attending to his word. Listening for his voice. Looking for his direction. I have been blessed with four children. Three wonderful girls. One wonderful son. All greatly loved. All marvelously talented. All loved and valued by their friends. … More The Math Doesn’t Work. And My Heart Breaks Because of It
Tuesday is for Preaching If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, … More Contending for Truth in a Truth Denying Culture
Missionaries are my heroes for so many reasons. Loren Cunningham, founder and president of YWAM (Youth with a Mission) gives an inspiring view of why in this short and unforgettable video. Please watch it. Pass it on. And pray for any missionaries you know and the work that our great God has called them to. … More For Missionaries Everywhere: You are the hope of the world
Monday is for Discussion We saw it happen in Pontiac Michigan last week. (See yesterday’s post here.) Could it happen in your neighborhood? What are you going to do about it? This week? Tell somebody your plan. Come back and share it in the comments section. Let the people you tell and the Chosenrebel.me readers … More Avoiding Pontiac Michigan in Your Community
Sunday Afternoon Musings According to USA Today . . . body of the woman, who was in her 40s, was discovered Wednesday in the backseat of a Jeep, parked in the garage of a house on Savanna Drive, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. Undersheriff Mike McCabe said investigators believe that the woman has … More It is a Scandal That No One Knew
Weekend Links Major defections from the science community from the progressive politically correct worldview. Truth always eventually wins out. Today I’m working on messages for March and April. Speaking of April, . . . just 22 days till the start of the Major League Baseball season. Even baseball haters have to be overjoyed at that … More Greenpeace Defection; Chemist Defection; Protection from Greed; Fact Checking Atheists; and more
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