A Mid-Day Prayer for Revival “Few evangelical Christians in the West today believe in the reality of revival. To most, revival is no more than a dream. To them revival of the supernatural kind is something of the past.” Erroll Hulse, writing in 1993 of what he observed in Christians then “We are like a … More Evangelicals Don’t Believe in Revival
Sanctify the Day Together — a Call to Worship Volume 1 Day 10 “May the first dawning of the new day, the first conscious wakening of your eyes in the morning, draw your heart up to Your Sovereign. May you reach for His word and get your marching orders for the day. And may you … More When You Realize You are No Longer Asleep
Over the last couple of days I have been working with a young man struggling with his faith, specifically, his assurance of salvation. And then today, I ran across this meditation in a devotional my bride gave me in 2002. The New Birth–Unexplainable “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, … More The New Birth–Unexplainable and Wonderful
[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift” Preparing Our Hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior Tastes Bitter Wine. Adapted from the accounts of Ps 69; Mt 27:48; Mk 15:35-36; Jn 19:28-30 Jesus thirsts. And some of the … More What Love Looks Like on a Bad Friday
[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift”] Preparing Our Hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior is forsaken by the Father. Adapted from the accounts of Psalm 22:1-31 and Mt 27:45-46; Mk 15:33-34 Jesus applies Psalm 22 to … More Feeling Abandoned by God Himself
The Church is Anemic. We are called to make disciples. It is the one outcome that Jesus wants us to be working on as we go about all the stuff of life. Everything else is secondary. So what does it tell us that according to a Barna Group survey just two years ago . . … More The Discipleship Problem at Our Door
If you live in snow country you might find it difficult to interact with neighbors for the next 5 months or more. When I lived in the Chicago area, it wasn’t uncommon to be putting a parka on children from Mid-October to the end of March. Sure there were exceptions, but it can be difficult … More Winter Strategies to Engage with Neighbors
Read Psalm 38 God’s words are authoritative. Mine are not. Sometimes however, trying to put God’s word’s in our own “paraphrase” can be helpful at getting to a deeper understanding of God’s authoritative standard. In the following lines I have tried to rephrase “the feeling and passion” of God’s word. I hope it is helpful … More When We Deserve the Worst
My last post (also with a ‘river’ of flowers) started a conversation about ideas and ways to interact with neighbors during the summer months. Practice the Ministry of Presence. —see previous post Create Opportunities to be Present. —see previous post Invite. —see previous post Serve and Sacrifice for Them. —see previous post ddd Use your … More 7 Ideas for Summer Outreach (Part 2)
Just for Fun Hilarious Video of a Mic-ed Up 4-Year-Old Learning to Skate and Play Ice Hockey Go get your wife or husband; blow it up full-screen, turn up the speakers and sit back and have a good laugh! Politics, Culture and Worldview Christians and Socialism, How Should We Think? This is a collection … More Weekend Links to Make You Laugh and Cry
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