“Pray till you pray”
January 28, 2016
Still learning what this means. I don’t think I will ever outgrow the need to be reminded of this simple principle: “Pray till you pray”
More and Better Disciples: HOW?
January 27, 2016
Wednesday is for Discussion I want to prime the pump of our minds with a question and start a discussion. What would we do differently in our churches if we were really serious about raising the bar on what it means to be a disciple? Here’s a list to prime the pump of our thinking: … More More and Better Disciples: HOW?
Affliction: How a Good God Loves His People (Sometimes)
January 24, 2016
Sunday Afternoon Musings The reformer Martin Luther described the Christian spiritual life as consisting of three primary operations under the guidance of the Spirit. In Latin, those three operations were, Oratio, Meditatio, and Tentatio – Prayer, Meditation, and Struggle/Affliction. The disciplines of prayer and meditation over the word of the living God is pretty straight … More Affliction: How a Good God Loves His People (Sometimes)
The Clutter that Obscures Christ
January 23, 2016
Saturday is for Reflection How do our lives get cluttered and distracted, and out of whack, disjointed, misdirected, unpurposed, uninspiring, unfocused, unfulfilling, unsatisfying, and joyless? How do we head off with great passion to love and serve God and lose our way when the path is so clearly marked? Jesus could not have been clearer: … More The Clutter that Obscures Christ
Traveling the Path to Revival
January 21, 2016
Wednesday is for Revival Third in a series of brief letters for all those who are traveling the path of the “Five Resolves to Personal Revival.” You can find the first here, and the second here. You can download a copy of the five resolves here. They were written by Jim Elliff and over the … More Traveling the Path to Revival
Key to Passionate Prayer: Up the Ante
January 21, 2016
Look for a new post sometime today on the Five Resolves to Personal Revival. Until then, here’s a post from May of 2011 that suddenly has garnered a new following of visitors. That’s a good sign. Perhaps more church planters are getting truly serious about prayer. And please continue to pray for the controversial post I … More Key to Passionate Prayer: Up the Ante
Controversy Coming
January 19, 2016
I’m working on a post that I don’t want to write but feel compelled to because of the political chaos in the current Presidential election campaign. The tentative title is Ten Biblical Reasons Not to Support Donald Trump for President. Here’s the first point: Donald Trump Feeds Anger to Angry People. “The anger of men does … More Controversy Coming
The Glories of the Gospel
January 19, 2016
The Gospel of Jesus Christ does not look like it has great power in the culture of North America right now. But ‘what seems to be’ does not always reflect reality. Jesus said so. One of His shortest parables is also one of His most encouraging. So if you are discouraged over what you see … More The Glories of the Gospel
Thinking About Sin and Shakespeare
January 17, 2016
Tuesday One of my goals last year was to read all of Shakespeare’s plays. It was an epic fail. Instead of all of Shakespeare’s plays, I read only one, Hamlet. I have long been mesmerized by the play since my days of teaching the Life of David at the Institute of Biblical Studies and the … More Thinking About Sin and Shakespeare
Bonhoeffer Speaks on Unemployment and the Church
January 16, 2016
“A community which allows unemployed members to exist within it will perish because of them.” —Bonhoeffer Source: Bonhoeffer Speaks on Unemployment and the Church
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