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Thursday is for Discipleship I am away, making my first ever trip to Israel. While I am gone I have prepared a series of re-posts comprised of some of the most downloaded and viewed pages of the last 5 years. Keep me in prayer for the next 10 days. I am looking forward to walking the streets … More We’ve Got Discipleship All Wrong
Thursday is for Thinking What does it mean to know God? It means many things but if we take our clues from Exodus 5:1-23, it means at least these five things. It means that we obey his directives. (v. 1) It means we will be in hot water with others who will not obey. (v. … More What Does It Mean to Know God?
Our culture has one hope–repentance. Until we feel our need for it, we are like lepers who have lost all sensation to pain. Pray for what we need as a nation–pray for repentance. For more see: The Moral Equivalent of Leprosy
Here’s a great article on the Lord’s Supper from Kevin DeYoung (link in blue below). Whether you celebrate the Lord’s Supper every week, or once a month or once a quarter, it is a good thing to give significant thought and prayer to the next time so that we will not do what the Corinthian church did … More Kevin DeYoung: “Reformation Gave Us a Seat at the Table”
Friday is for Heart Songs Luther on the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom, by Carl Trueman (Crossway, 2015) First, when I feel that I have become cool and joyless in prayer because of other tasks or thoughts (for the flesh and the devil always impede and obstruct prayer), I take my little psalter, hurry to … More Simplicity and Prayer
Friday is for Heart Songs There are treasures waiting for us. Every day they are waiting for us in the faith of those who have gone before us. In a more literate age, they poured their faith into cups made of words and handed them to the world, words made of steel, words formed with … More “He Will Hold You Fast”
It is important to never give up on this task. For the entire article go to: Helping Your People Embrace the Mission of God
The following article is from Kairos Journal and is a challenge to the prevailing notion that children should be sheltered from any real effort in the attaining of knowledge. Adler pushes against the idea that childhood is a period of “delight … [and] the indulgence of impulses.” Parents, take note, a child inebriated with electronic … More Wisdom Swimming Upsteam in the Rapids of Modern Culture
Monday Discussion All my life as a Christian, God has been calling me to a deeper dependence upon Him. When I am completely honest, I have to admit that I have not responded well or consistently. At the University of Maryland, I began to see the difference that radical, extraordinary prayer could make. One year … More “I think it’s the chicken!”
Originally posted on artheinz.com:
The overwhelming consumerist mentality in our nation has spilled over and saturated the thinking of Christians throughout the Church in the United States. More and more believers in America approach the concept of finding and remaining in a church the same way they would handle buying a car, shopping for…
