___________________________________________________________ It is a habit of mine that when I begin the study of a new book, I work through some “overview projects” to help me to slow down my reading and force me to see more of the logical connections, themes and threads of the argument of a book. For years three particular projects … More Helping Bible Students Find Treasure
This morning I had the opportunity to explore a very familiar text with a group of friends as we came together to worship the Lord and pray for one another. The text was not only a familiar text, it is, for most readers, one of those “boring, skip-over texts”. But we took a second look … More Re-examining Familiar Texts: Protect the Other
Read Psalm 23 [ The musical composition was Aubre’s Christmas gift to me in 2010. You can listen while you read. I hope it helps your own meditation on the Scripture. Click on the sound file just above the search box on the right.] In December of 2009 or thereabouts, my son, Marty Schoenleber III … More Too Familiar to be Valuable
Peter is nearly inconsolable over in the corner weeping bitterly. He had been so loud, so bold, so passionate and then in the hour of what he said would be his finest moment, he had failed. [1] Andrew, his brother, takes one look at Peter and is stunned into paralysis. He has never seen his … More Three Hours after Christ Died
It is Christ we worship. It is Christ we long to see. It is He who animates a believer’s life and generates his strongest passions. And if that is not the case, well . . . “The critical question for our generation—and for every generation—is this: If you could have heaven,with no sickness,and with all … More Behold the Beauty of Christ
It was pre-2008. I was commenting on the gospel in a message delivered to New Song Church in Bolingbrook, IL. I think it was either Easter or Christmas. In the message, I asked a question which I have asked many times since. “If the greatest being in the universe wants to give the greatest gift … More The Acid Test for Christ-centeredness
Read Psalm 30 Covid-19 and a host of other societal changes has radically changed the world in which we live. As circumstances played out this year, I was deprived of the privilege of preaching Easter Sunday, but for all of us who have trusted in Christ, everyday is an Easter celebration for he has turned … More When God Turns Mourning into Joy
It’s the first sentence in John Piper’s short tribute to his father, William Solomon Hottle Piper. John calls it a mere “fragment” of the legacy his father left him in a life lived for the glory of God. His father was 88 when he died on March 6, 2007. The number one thing he learned … More A Father’s Legacy to a Son and More
I love it when God ties a day together. Like a master weaver, he stitches and sows one story into another, one life into another, weaving questions and answers and sorrows and joys together in a way that only an omniscient and all powerful being could. This evening I picked up “TOZER ON THE HOLY … More You Don’t Have to Wait for the Rest of the Church to Awaken
Reading in First John this evening. Staggered by the wonder of what the apostle John writes in the beginning of the third chapter. Read it. Read it again out loud. Read it again slowly. Let the wonder of it wash over you. The greatest being in the universe has declared us His children! What manner … More Mesmerized by Mountain Top Truth
