For all the “broken” people who know the reality of need: “You see,” Dr. Iverson said, “If you are broken, you don’t have to ask to be used. God delights to use broken people. That’s the only way to be filled [with the Spirit] and it’s the only way to become useable.” See this link … More Spirit of the Living God, Break Me in Pieces
Grace. Unmerited favor. The free and unmerited favor of God whereby He freely bestows His blessings and forgiveness on sinners. Grace is the healing generosity of God that touches us so powerfully that nothing is ever quite the same again. —Calvin Miller A faithful band of men and women at Trinity Church have been seeking … More Resolves and Grace
Tuesday is for Reflection Why do we neglect confession of sin in the church? There would be no Church if the God did not lead us to confess our need for a Savior. There is therefore no way to escape the admission by the members of churches to acknowledge that they are sinners. We are … More Bonhoeffer on Humility and Confession
Sunday Afternoon Musings Last week someone visited my blog from a website called PrayThroughHistory.com. The tag line underneath the title really caught my attention, “Heal the Past. Free the Present. Bless the Future.” I love what they are doing at this site. The idea seems to be to look at a historical event, personage, issue, … More Dred Scott and the Need for Continuing Prayer
Thursday is for Repentance Every Christian has a cancer of the soul. In our better moments we know it. In our lesser moments, we forget. And the world around us suffers the consequences. We came to Christ because we recognized our need for a Savior. We knew ourselves and know ourselves to be sinners, desperately … More Every Christian Has a Cancer of the Soul
Wednesday is for Prayer (Soul searching at 3:32 AM) Read Psalm 8 Psalm 8:9 O LORD, our LORD How Majestic is your name in all the earth! _________________ Poems for Psalms Suggested by Psalm 8 Even Less Than My Enemies Thought I Was Your name is holy . is mighty . is above … More Less Even than My Enemies Thought I Was
We cannot find the Cross of Jesus if we shrink from going to the place where it is to be found, namely, the public death of the sinner. For more see: The Courage to Confess Sin—What Bonhoeffer Still Teaches Us.
Sometimes people don’t try to hurt each other, they just do. In fact, they may be passionate in their pursuit of God, faithful to deal with known sin in their lives, willing to repent of wrong behavior, genuinely desirous of being kind and useful to their friends, and yet blind to character flaws in themselves … More Sometimes unintended sin is worse
“I never heard of the Gospel of Jesus Christ . . . of the cross, of sin and forgiveness, of death and life (while) in New York . . . only an ethical and social idealism which pins its faith to progress.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer … according to Bonhoeffer, a congregation without mutual confession of sin is … More The Courage to Confess Sin—What Bonhoeffer Still Teaches Us
Weekend Links Some great videos and articles below. You will find help for your spirit, wisdom for your preaching, challenge for your thinking, and hope and direction for your present. You won’t find an endorsement from me of everything that is said. Remember to pray for the victims of the Connecticut murderer. And pray for our … More Ayn Rand no hero; Union Thugs; Dennis Miller; Divided Politics not Bad; Myth Liberals have Created;
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