Thursday is for Discipleship The following is from Kairos Journal and I am delighted to pass it on. Not because I have mastered its suggestion, but because it happens to be something I have been studying this year and seeking to make progress in myself. I have a long way to go. Adoniram Judson served … More Making Time for Prayer in a Overly Busy Life
Wednesday is for Thinking Technology is killing your church. Rather, it is killing the soul of your people who are the church. Your people are like mine. They are addicted to technology like crack cocaine. They don’t think they can live without it. They are never far from it and can’t imagine a day without … More Technology is Killing Your Church
Tuesday is for Hearing the Word We have in C.S. Lewis’s words, “a prejudice against older books.” That is a problem. Too often we cut ourselves off from the greatness of brothers and sisters who finished well and can teach us much. Here’s one of those voices from 164 years ago: (And perfectly in sync … More Everything We Believe in Submission to the Word of God
Monday is for Discussion I have posted on the doctrine of the Trinity a number of times recently reflecting my growing concern about the lack of clarity in the modern church’s thinking and verbiage related to the doctrine. I hear layman, leaders and even pastors sometimes saying too little and sometimes too much, using illustrations … More Does the Trinity Matter?
Sunday Musings I have been slowly working my way through Eric Metaxes’ biography on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It is well written, even if it lacks the documentation and footnotes that some would like. (Maybe Metaxas and the publisher will add that to later additions.) I am up to 1937 and the Nazi’s are beginning to get … More Numbering Days with the Bonhoeffer Family
Weekend Musings The people at Lutheran Satires have done a good job with this animated short film about bad analogies for the Trinity. (Mild warning: Includes an unnecessary crass moment at the end which unfortunately is too true of too many Irish Americans.) The broad outline of what would become the Athanasian Creed were laid … More Bad Analogies for the Trinity
Weekend Links We just had two firsts. Our first ever Thanksgiving with no family and the first time I cooked the Thanksgiving Day meal. I am happy to report that Stephnie and I survived both events. As the children age, marry, move on we find ourselves in a new phase of life. We miss them … More Ravi Zacharias on Homosexuality; Narnian Living; Knockout Game; Cricket Singing; Wind Maps; and much moreginal
Wednesday is for Prayer All around the country, pastors and church leaders are thinking through and preparing their Christmas season of messages as others are preparing for Thanksgiving. My message this week is on the birth announcement of the angel Gabriel to Zachariah that he and Elizabeth’s late-born, miracle child was going to figure prominently … More When Doubt is Sin: A Thanksgiving Eve Meditation
Musings I’m reading an article by Dan Jarvis and that is his question, “Is your church revival ready?” It’s a good question. One that perhaps most churches would do well to consider. How do we get ready for whatever God might want to do? Today, I preached on 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21: “Do not quench the … More Is Your Church Revival Ready?
Weekend Links The sun is shining and the people of Washington have a good day for all the help that is arriving to begin the process of putting their material and emotional lives back together. We have teams of people going from our church as do many other churches in the area. It is a … More Homeschoolers Better Socialized; Pedophile Rights?!; Hunger Games Warnings; The Creep of Totalitarianism; and much more
