Sunday Afternoon Musings What do you do when the mere reading of the Scripture reduces you to tears? What do you do when your heart is longing for some . . . something your lips can’t describe and our mind can’t explain but your spirit knows . . . something that is needed, something it … More Tippy Toe Longing for the Wonder of God
Sunday Afternoon Musings Working on a new “Parables for a Sleeping Church” this afternoon. The first one is being story-boarded now for release on Youtube.com™ in the Fall (“The Parable of the Forgetful Farmer“). Pray for it and the six others I am working on. This afternoon, before you watch the game (and a bunch … More Something to Pray on Superbowl Sunday
Sunday Musings Believers are made as white as snow. Isaiah 64:6-7 6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7 There is no one who calls upon your … More My Best Days Were Filth, But He Has Made Me Clean
Sunday Afternoon Musings This is a brilliant essay with devotional power as well as wisdom from Dr. Russell Moore on the shootings in Connecticut and how we should respond in our hearts and in public. I commend it to every Christian who wants to be a healing balm rather than a hurtful voice in the … More What to say: It is Satanic.
Sunday Musings “and to Obed the father of Jesse” Matthew 1:5b One of Obed’s children, this man without a story is Jesse, the father of great King David. And Jesse became the father of eight sons Three soldiers Many shepherds One king But … More Preaching the Genealogy of Christ (An excerpt)
Sunday Musings The Final Question to the Westminster Shorter Catechism is Question 107. What does the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us? Answer: The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and power, and the glory, forever. Amen, teaches us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only, and in … More Longing for the King as His Birth Approaches
Sunday Musings “It is a good day when thou givest me a glimpse of myself; Sin is my greatest evil, but thou are my greatest good; … My country, family, church fare worse because of my sins, for sinners bring judgment in thinking sins are small … Let me … More Praying for Holiness on a Sunday Afternoon
It’s Everywhere in Scripture All of the Psalter, really, all over the Scripture, there are “declarations of dependence” spoken by the people of God. Unfortunately, outside of the Psalter, an overwhelming and much more numerous picture in the Scripture are “declarations of independence” from God. This morning at 5:30 AM, the Spirit of God wanted … More Remind Yourself to Need God
Musings on Discipleship I am convinced that Jesus’ pattern with his disciples was Hebraic in pattern. That is, the way that he taught his disciples was patterned after what a Jewish father was expected to do with his children according to the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). What did that pattern look like? Part of it took … More Lessons from Jewish Fathers for Christian Fathers and Pastors
Sunday Musings Watching the Olympics and wondering how different the world would look if Christians pursued holiness the way Olympians pursue their goals? If we pursued compassion and mercy and justice and wisdom with the zeal and passion with which these athletes pursue their dreams of Olympic glory, would Abortion have ever become the law … More What if … Oh God Forgive Us, Change Us, Make Us Different
ChosenRebel's Blog 