Kingdom Life, Church Hopping and Grace Years ago I heard a short radio spot on John 13:35: “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another”, the point being that authentic relationships among believers are the greatest evangelistic tool of all. I would also add, they are the greatest … More Kingdom Life, Church Hopping and Grace (Guest Post by Pam Bush)
Thursday is for Discipleship The literary cadence of authors now 200 years dead is often foreign to our ears. But that does not mean that wisdom is absent. The quote below requires some concentration. But it is a wise reminder that every forward movement for the gospel from our ministries is only possible by the … More Effective Ministry is Only by Grace
Sunday Musings 6 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. —-Psalm 51:16-17 Praying for myself and all I know; that … More Learning to Delight in What God Delights
Thursday is for Discipleship “The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ. Such a man knows that the call to discipleship is a gift of grace, and that the call is inseparable from the grace. But those … More Bonhoeffer on The Inseparable Nature of Grace and Discipleship
Weekend Musing The Week after the election I did a message on the book of Habakkuk. In the second service, I did a mini message on “Habakkuk’s First Woe” (Hab. 2:6-8) that I wish I had included in the first service. The following week, during our Thursday recording of the message, I asked our team … More Getting Something for Nothing and What God’s Word Says (Video)
Weekend Links There are a couple of videos below that you really should not miss. They will encourage you and help you in your ministry, no matter what your ministry. There are others that are worth reading even if you won’t agree with all of them. They will challenge your thinking, encourage your heart, break … More Crazy or Crazy Smart; Junk DNA?; Leaving the Democratic Party; Immigration Policy; Abortion and Black Women;
Weekend Musings Sometimes you find the strangest things when you are looking for something else. I was cleaning up some computer files tonight, deleting this, moving that, editing and saving something else and I stumbled across a file that I hadn’t expected—one that is hard to let go of. It’s a note I left for … More Deleting Files and Finding Memories
“He Doesn’t Deal with Us According to Our Sins” Psalm 103:10-12 10 “He has not dealt with us . according to our sins, Nor rewarded us . according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, . So … More The Extravagance of Grace
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