Sunday Musings John Piper from 1995: Test yourself. What is your mindset? Do you begin with God and his rights and goals? Or do you begin with yourself and your rights and wishes? And when you look at the death of Christ, what happens? Does your joy really come from translating this awesome divine work … More The Delights of Christ and Cross
A Meditation on the Word Man that is humbling. Every word that passes over my lips. Every word that rolls off my tongue has a source and Jesus says the source is my heart. They all flow from an inner spring that is either being corrupted by my own desires or nourished by the sustained … More “All Talk is Heart Talk.”
Friday is for Heart Songs Betrayal. It is such a brutal sounding word–a perfect fit for the raw power of its deception and perversity. Saul. Doeg the Edomite. The residents of the walled city of Keilah. The Ziphites. One after another betrays David, the anointed and future King of Israel. Even David’s own older brothers, … More Betrayal: Every Leader’s Experience
Monday is for Reflection “Plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in His immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest, refreshed and invigorated. I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a … More Rediscovering the God of the Bible
Sunday Musings “I believe that thousands never utter a word of prayer at all. They eat. They drink. They sleep. They rise. They go forth to their labor. They return to their homes. They breathe God’s air. They see God’s sun. They walk on God’s earth. They enjoy God’s mercies. They have dying bodies. They … More Don’t Live Like a Beast without a Soul
Friday Rant Part of the problem with the American church is that we spent so much of the 1980 and 90’s pickling ourselves in how to market the church that we lost Jesus. But it is only lovers, real lovers of Jesus who can tell others about him in any believable way and right now … More Consumers of a Christian-flavored Life
Here’s a great story about one of the greatest church planters and equippers of church planters in the history of the church is John Wesley. My Calvinistic heart delights in the usefulness of the first Wesleyan’s usefulness to the sovereign God. There were many reasons why John Wesley was so powerfully effective but don’t underestimate … More Wisdom from One of the Greatest Church Planters of All Time
Suggested by a Reading of Psalm 1 Meditating on Psalm 1 12/28/2005 5:30 AM I don’t remember how long I had been up. But it is not normal for me to be awake early. If I am reading my Bible before 7:30 in the morning it is because God or caffeine or anxiety is robbing me … More Wisdom Flees from Neglect
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