Sunday Afternoon Musings “Suicide kills more people than cancer and HIV/AIDS, and more people ages 15-44 than war.” —Christianity Today, July/August 2014, “Staying Alive in a Suicidal World”, p. 28. Think about that statistic for a moment. Add up all the people who die of AIDS and all the people of all ages that die … More Who Will Give the World Sustaining Hope?
Sunday Musings A friend recently posted a Facebook link to an old R.E.M. song. He called them one of his favorite bands. I think he has good taste. I too have always thought of R.E.M. as one of those bands that was more interested in good music than big commercial success (though they have had … More Musing on R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts”
Here is an outstanding article and perspective on depression from the ministry, wisdom and experience of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Thirty years of pastoral ministry have given me an education that this issue is not going away easily. Here is real help for the heart that struggles. Thank you to Christian Communicators Worldwide and Susan Verstraete … More For All My Friends Who Struggle With Depression
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
Wednesday is for Prayer “In April 1831, Charles Simeon was seventy-one years old. He had been the pastor of Trinity Church in Cambridge, England, for forty-nine years. One afternoon his friend Joseph Gurney asked him how he had surmounted persecution and outlasted all the great prejudice against him in his many years of ministry. He … More Learning to Endure in an Emotionally Fragile World
Monday is for Discussion Jesus has risen. His purpose has been accomplished. He appears to his disciples. The ones who ran and hid, . . . the ones who declared loyalty and failed, . . . the ones who he had told to not let their hearts be troubled (John 14:1), . . . Those … More The First Command of Christ and The Cure for Depression
Weekend Links Enjoy these, especially the last one in the list. Better Engagement with Culture Ending Abortion in North Dakota (Looking to the day when abortion has ended everywhere. Fighting the Battle for Personhood.) A Protestant Evangelical View on the Ministry and Resignation of the Pope (Russel Moore) Obama’s Promise to Spend without Adding a … More FEMA Discrimination agst Churches; Downton Abbey Evaluations; Bill Moyers; John Piper; Russell Moore; Ending Abortion
Live for more than your comfort, convenience, and security. Live to make Jesus known so that more will know unrestrained joy, both now and for eternity. For More: The World We Live In Through Eyes of a Cynic.
Wednesday is for Prayer “Life is well designed. Men and women grow old so that someone will be wise enough to teach the young.” (Lord Mhoram in the novel, Lord Foul’s Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson, page 279 in paperback edition) We are wise to be cautious when we find “truth” in fiction but novels, even … More The Good Design of Life
I have been talking to a number of people of late who seem to be in the doldrums in relationship to God. They love Him. They believe in Him. They are seeking to follow Him. And they can’t sense His presence. Historically, they have many biblical compatriots. The people of God are not immune from … More Psalm 44 and the Silence of God
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