The article was titled, Why every Christian should care about the demise of newspapers, and it was compelling. “The statistics are astonishing. In the UK alone, 293 newspapers have closed since 2005. In America it’s 2,500. The whole world is affected by Big Tech’s colonising of advertising revenues, on which print depended for income. 52 … More What Happened to Journalism?
Have you read J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit? Stay tuned for a story about the Tolkien’s problems in writing the books. I’m 2,000 words into the writing of a short story inspired by a professor I knew 35 years ago, a book I read 30 years ago, a wonderful church in … More Writing is a Confounding Work
There is a phenomenon alive in our culture that I find increasingly hard to digest in the belly of my soul. There is a river, feeding a deep and dark ocean of falseness, fed by multiple streams of thought, behaviors, practices and philosophies that in turn feeds a culture that writhes in deception. It feeds … More The Inauthentic Happy Face
Reading in Jeremiah 13 this morning It must have been an interesting couple of weeks or months for Jeremiah. God gave him an illustration in three parts over a period of “many days” (vs. 6) and then, after some time, gave the interpretation. These kind of passages in the word of God require an investment … More The Ruined Loincloth that was America
Reading Jeremiah 9 the last two days and feeling a kinship in my spirit with the prophet who loved his nation and its people to the point of tears and wept over its spiritual and moral decline. Hear his heart and pray for the nation. Pray for its soul. Pray for its return to God. … More “Oh . . . that my eyes were a fountain of tears!”
Continuing the Quest for a Deeper Prayer Life Two of the greatest ingredients to learning to pray is cultivating both longing and love for God. The more I pursue passion for God, the more I long for a greater depth of intimacy with God, the greater my desire to pray grows. In fact, I have … More Longing and Love
An open letter to all my Christian friends (independent of denomination) It’s Empty Headed to Think that CriticismRather Living Like Jesus is Going to Change the World There is a vicious new sport in our culture that is destroying spiritual passion among many of God’s people across denominational lines. It is currently running rampant in … More Give up Criticism and Become Intoxicated with Jesus
A Benediction to Sanctify the Night “May the Mighty One Who has done great things,and Whose mercy goes on from generation to generation,be our strength and shield.May all the perils and fears that confounded us todaybe laid at His feet this evening. May His counsel guide us to His side;and may our sleep be sweet … More A Prayer for the Ending of the Day
Simple question: Which of these do you think is the one that pleases God? They endorse it: Ahab (1 Kings 16:29-34) “Thought it trivial to do the sins of Jeroboam.” They ignore it: David (2 Samuel 3:1-5) Takes too many wives The deny it: Saul (1 Samuel 15) “The people made me do it.” They … More People deal with sin in one of five ways
The book is NOT written by Tozer. It is a compendium of quote from the writings of Tozer edited with commentary by W. l. Seaver, but it is a worthy read. Seaver has culled all of these quotes from not only the published works of Tozer but also from many of Tozer’s sermons. It is … More Prayer, Only as Powerful as Our Lives
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