Friday is for Heart Songs I love biographies of great saints of the cross who gave their all for the cause of Christ. Here’s one I had not heard of that encouraged my soul. May it do so for you too. The God you serve is worthy of everything you have to give and more. … More Blood, Fire and Death: Worth it All
Thursday is for Discipleship Peter and John had been detained and questioned by a Sadduceean Council. They had preached the gospel and it had gotten them into hot water with the one’s responsible for Jesus’ crucifixion. Didn’t matter to them. Jesus was not in the tomb and they knew that “there is no other name … More Who Needs Prayer? Everyone Who Needs Boldness
Carve out some time. Get a cup of coffee or a pot of tea. Turn the TV off. Put your book down. Put your Bible aside. Close the door. Don’t be distracted. Watch this video of Dr. Helen Roseveara. You might want to carve out sometime for prayer afterwards.
Monday Discussion The following is from Michael Green, Evangelism in the Early Church, Revised Edition, (Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans, 1970, 2003), 82-84. Speaking of the content of the gospel in the first century, Michael Green writes: “In the first place, it is a message with a quite specific content. It is always to … More How Essential is Jesus to the Gospel You Preach?
Weekend Musings 4th Century Gospel Presentation – Athanasius (c. 295–373) Bishop of Alexandria (Egypt) [For forty five years, Athanasius was the key figure in the battle against the heresy of Arianism. It cost him dearly. Five times he was sent into exile. But in the end, his intellectual prowess, personal integrity and passion for truth, … More Hearing the Gospel from a Fourth Century Pen
Weekend Musings Clement lived between A.D. 30-100. He is one of what are called the Ante-Nicene [Before Nicene Council] Fathers. He may have known the apostle Paul (cf. Phil 4:3). He probably wrote his first letter to the Corinthians in about A.D. 96. The following is from “chapters 7-9” where he writes about how we … More A First Century Gospel Presentation
Monday Discussion Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God.” (2 Timothy 1:8) Paul is an old man whose life is about to be poured out as a drink offering to God … More “Join with Me in Suffering for the Gospel”
Monday Discussion Luke 24:25-27 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the … More The Greatest Bible Study This Side of Heaven
Psalm 32:1-2 (ESV) 1 A Maskil of David. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. Can a sinner in need ever grow weary of these verses? This one can’t.
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