Sunday Musings This week I was busy with writing a long paper for a class in my doctoral program so I serialized an essay I wrote a couple of years ago in six parts. Unfortunately, I got two of the parts out of sequence! Opps! So If you want to read them in the right … More Redefining Who a Christian Is, Biblically of Course.
Tuesday Musings: Brokenness vs Usefulness We called him “Wild Bill.” Closer to sixty than forty, Dr. Bill Iverson was not your typical seminary professor. A gifted evangelist and an original thinker, Bill was always challenging either what you thought or what you did as a Christian. Bill impacted my life in many ways but the story … More Spirit of the Living God, Break Me in Pieces
First Century Gospel Presentation Clement lived between A.D. 30-100. He is one of what are called the Ante-Nicene [Before Nicene Council] Fathers. He may have known the apostle Paul (cf. Phil 4:3). He probably wrote his first letter to the Corinthians in about A.D. 96. The following is from “chapters 7-9” where he writes about … More A Gospel Presentation from the First Century
Thursday is for Discipleship Last month I got to spend four hours with an old friend I hadn’t seen in 27 years. I had the privilege of leading him to faith in Christ some 34 years ago. What an incredible joy to see and hear of the difference the gospel has made in his life, … More Conversations that Last a Lifetime and Change Everything
Weekend Musings Both quotes below are from the introductory matter in Chuck Colson’s truly classic book, Loving God. If you have never read the book, if you struggle with loving God, if you have forgotten your first love–this is a great book to move your heart to where it ought to be. “The most pleasurable … More Two Different Perspectives on the Search for the Good and True
Sunday Musings John Piper from 1995: Test yourself. What is your mindset? Do you begin with God and his rights and goals? Or do you begin with yourself and your rights and wishes? And when you look at the death of Christ, what happens? Does your joy really come from translating this awesome divine work … More The Delights of Christ and Cross
Weekend Links for 10/15/11 Collected these links all week and really glad to pass them on to you now. There is some truly great stuff in some of these posts. As always, I can’t vouch for every jot and tittle but I think you will be challenge, inspired and moved by much of the information … More Oh How He Loves Us; Steve Jobs; Mormonism; Herman Cain; Leadership Freak; John Calvin and more
Sunday Musings on the Gospel Our time, our churches, our flocks need the strong word’s of Paul. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and … More The Desertion of the Gospel in the Modern Church
Sunday Musings Reading Ezekiel. One of the most neglected books in my personal reading history. I have read it through probably 20-25 times, maybe more but I don’t know that I have ever preached from it, or even done any extending teaching from it. But I think that I might tackle an extended study. Chapter … More Obscure and Difficult Texts and the Blessing We Miss
Sunday Musings “I believe that thousands never utter a word of prayer at all. They eat. They drink. They sleep. They rise. They go forth to their labor. They return to their homes. They breathe God’s air. They see God’s sun. They walk on God’s earth. They enjoy God’s mercies. They have dying bodies. They … More Don’t Live Like a Beast without a Soul
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