R. C. Sproul is gone. A more false word could hardly be spoken of the man. R.C. lives today, more alive than ever in his 78 years here and still vibrantly powerful through his books, recordings, messages, and the indelible imprint he made on all who knew him. He was a mountain, an Everest, a … More A Giant Has Left the Land
Sunday Afternoon Musings The following is a brief article from Kairos Journal and it is well worth some patient thought and reflection. The first sentence is a powerful sounding of alarm. It sits in my spirit like the blowing of a loud trumpet. Pray that the Church in America would seek purity, holiness, and righteousness … More Not Even Among Pagans!
Wednesday is for Prayer Sleep is over-rated. One hour, and then toss, switch sides, too hot, toilet, a thousand thoughts, turn them into prayers, what was that sound?, more thoughts, more prayers, give up, rise up, light on, rearrange bed, locate Bible, listen to the voice of God. Last night, reading, praying, meditating on Psalm … More The King and a Blade of Dry Grass (a meditation)
Saturday Musings For more than three decades Jerry Bridges has been an honest voice of singular devotion to Christ. Every book that comes out of his heart is a trustworthy guidepost to a deeper spiritual life guaranteed to both instruct and inspire the reader, or at least this reader, to long for more of Jesus. Here’s … More God’s Role and Ours in the Pursuit of Holiness
Sunday Afternoon Musings Worship is the priority of the church. It is fuel for evangelism. It is often neglected in private and unattended in public. But it remains a priority for the church. Which is why, when I saw this article in the Winter issue of Trinity Magazine, I knew I wanted to get it … More Keith and Kristyn Getty: On Modern Hymns and Worship
Purity of Heart is the The Will to One Thing: Purity of heart. It’s what the believer in Christ yearns for. It is what is always beyond our grasp. And it is what he must continue to yearn for seeking the Holy Spirit’s empowerment to obey the command of Christ, “You shall be perfect as your … More Purity of Heart is the Will to One Thing
Make me run. Make me run with passion. Make me run the race with endurance. Make my life declare that it will not be conquered. Make me like this young woman. Make my life pursue you with such reckless abandon that the world notices, even if for only a brief moment, that you are magnificent … More Oh God, Make My Heart Run to You
Wednesday is for Prayer I once met a man who collected the names of former pastors who had destroyed their own ministry and marriages by sexual or financial misconduct or relational abuse of power. The inside cover of his Bible was nearly black with ink and he was about to start a new list on … More Holiness and the Mega-Church
Friday is for Heart Songs Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, ‘Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the Lord your God. You shall therefore obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today.” … More Loving Holiness
Why isn’t our joy in being loved by a holy God overwhelming? Why is it that this Austrian boy receiving a pair of shoes in World War II shows more joy than we do in the overwhelming awareness that we are loved by an almighty, magnificent, righteous judge who is also loving, merciful and compassionate? … More Amazed by the Love of God
