Look for a new post sometime today on the Five Resolves to Personal Revival. Until then, here’s a post from May of 2011 that suddenly has garnered a new following of visitors. That’s a good sign. Perhaps more church planters are getting truly serious about prayer. And please continue to pray for the controversial post I … More Key to Passionate Prayer: Up the Ante
I’m working on a post that I don’t want to write but feel compelled to because of the political chaos in the current Presidential election campaign. The tentative title is Ten Biblical Reasons Not to Support Donald Trump for President. Here’s the first point: Donald Trump Feeds Anger to Angry People. “The anger of men does … More Controversy Coming
The Gospel of Jesus Christ does not look like it has great power in the culture of North America right now. But ‘what seems to be’ does not always reflect reality. Jesus said so. One of His shortest parables is also one of His most encouraging. So if you are discouraged over what you see … More The Glories of the Gospel
Tuesday One of my goals last year was to read all of Shakespeare’s plays. It was an epic fail. Instead of all of Shakespeare’s plays, I read only one, Hamlet. I have long been mesmerized by the play since my days of teaching the Life of David at the Institute of Biblical Studies and the … More Thinking About Sin and Shakespeare
“A community which allows unemployed members to exist within it will perish because of them.” —Bonhoeffer Source: Bonhoeffer Speaks on Unemployment and the Church
Friday is for Family The current cultural assault on the sanctity of marriage and the duties of husbands and wives is not a new thing. Whenever knowledge of the Bible grows faint and pride in human achievement grows bold, marriage and the family are denigrated. It has been so in the past. It is now … More What Did Martin Luther Know that We Have Forgotten?
Thursday is for History Gospel proclamation and practical ministry to the poor. That was the theological basis and practical pattern of the Salvation Army and that is why it was so productive then and continues to be productive today. Biblical and practical Orthodoxy and orthopraxy Theory and application Head and hand Every church, every Christian needs … More How the Church Becomes Believable
Wednesday is for Discipleshp This was the week 2 email to those who have signed on for the journey to personal revival. Now that I have caught the “BLOG people” up with our Trinity Church family, these reposts will occur on Wednesdays for the remainder of the year. May God be pleased to move our hearts … More Making Your Resolutions Work for You
Wednesday is for Prayer Two Sundays ago I challenged our church family to join me in pursing 5 significant resolutions in the New Year to move toward personal revival. Below is my first email encouragement to those who told me they were taking up the challenge. This evening I realized that I have referred to … More Getting Up When You Knock Yourself Down
Tuesday is for Thinking “The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in … More The Greatest Enemy of Hunger for God
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