Sadly, the original video attached to this post from 2015 is lost. Not to fear. I have replaced the original with a Shane and Shane worship song, His Mercy is More. Begin your week right with a 10 minute meditation on the scandalous mercy of God and how the cross is the answer to how … More The Scandalous Mercy of God
Thursday is for Discipleship O Holy Night is a great song for corporate worship but a very difficult song for soloists to pull off. But’s its theology is worth the risk. Different artists have done covers, from Bing Crosby to Whitney Houston. Personally, I like this one by Josh Groban even though he changes some … More Another Hymn for Christmas Meditation
Wednesday is for Prayer There are times when only a Christmas hymn will suffice for clarity and beauty of doctrine proclaimed with joy. Here’s a classic example. There are multiple verses and whole chapters that could be summoned for every line of this hymn. Remember and remind your soul to bask in the wonder of … More Incarnation: God Infleshed — It Doesn’t Get Any More Profound
Wednesday Musings “The full force of the gospel is that followers of Jesus are transformed in their spirits; they are reborn people set on their way by a new life. They are driven by the Spirit of God to make the world right. Those same people become Jesus to the world around them, feeding the … More The Gospel in Full Force
Tuesday is Church Planting The following story is from the Paul Becker, the founder and President of Dynamic Church Planting International. It is thrilling to hear of what God does when a man is sold-out to reaching others with the life transforming message of the gospel. Read it and thrill to the power of the gospel. … More Exciting Story of Church Planting Simplicity
Imagine the surprise of some when they hear those terrifying words slapping them into reality and out of their delusions! More at: Preachers are Failing their Congregations.
Thursday is for Discipleship Understanding the gospel requires a mind shift. You must know your need. You must know your estrangement from a holy God. That is precisely the point that C.S. Lewis makes in this radio-talk-made-chapter in a book. “Now my third point. When I chose to get to my real subject in this … More “When you know you’re sick, you’ll listen to the doctor.”
Monday is for Discussion “Repentance, in all of its biblical fulness, is a passionate word, a dramatic word. It speaks to the notion of changing direction, radically changing direction—but it is more than that. It is a passionate word not only with regard to direction but because it includes the ideas of sorrow, regret, perhaps … More The Passion and Direction of Repentance
Sunday Nostalgia “Who is ‘untouchable’ in your ministry—who wouldn’t you give away?” The question came from a seasoned and effective pastor of about 50 years of age. Twice he had taken churches in his denomination from around 200, to over one-thousand in attendance. But this was to be … More “It’s a good thing that you would let me die”
He Rescued You Because He Loved You I am reading a book, that while helpful, periodically states things in not just a provocative way but in unguarded and biblically unbounded ways. Writing of the apostle Paul’s conversion, the author is beyond the bounds of orthodox belief when he states: “Of course, Paul has the freedom … More Jesus Didn’t Rescue You Because You are Good
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