Thursday is for Discipleship I picked up the following excerpt from John Newton’s autobiography (An Authentic Narrative) over at Stand to Reason Blog. Newton, for those who don’t know, was the slave trader / ships captain turned Christian convert, pastor, and hymn writer who wrote the most famous hymn of all time, Amazing Grace. I … More The Thinness of Theological Reflection in Our Age
Sunday Musings Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as head over all. –1 Chronicles 29:11 Christianity today is man-centered, not God-centered. God is made … More “Forgive Us for Forgetting that You are Infinitely Holy”
Friday is for Heart Songs More from the good Dr. Ryle. Can we really believe that people are praying against sin night and day, when we see them plunging into it? Can we suppose they pray against the world, when they are entirely absorbed and taken up with its pursuits? Can we think they really … More No Finger Pointing, … Just sayin’
Tuesday is for Preaching Assuming you are a) called to preach, b) work and pray hard over and in the text, and c) lean into the Holy Spirit as you preach, you will receive many “pats on the back” from a congregation that has ears to hear. So what do you do when at the … More Deflecting Honor to the One Who is Honorable
Weekend Musings “Only he who believes is obedient; only he who is obedient believes.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer “One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons” –Bonhoeffer May all your believing produce obedience and may all your obedience produce a deeper and more satisfying belief.
Tuesday is for Heart Songs From the Tozer archives via my charming wife: But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. –Matthew 6:6 Among the enemies … More I Needed this Reminder all Week
Wednesday is for Prayer Passing on another gem from my beautiful bride’s daily reading. She is a big Tozer fan. I love it when she passes on something from her devotions with the comment, “This would be a great one to share with all your church planters.” The quote below is set on the backdrop … More A Prayer for Prophets
In a post sometime back I made the statement that American Christians are often more American than Christian. It seemed completely obvious and still does. American Christians are in love with their wealth and styles, often times, more than they are of Christ. We parrot American values rather than biblical values and we split churches … More American Christians are More American than Christian Revisited
Tozer and Lloyd-Jones would be in perfect sync on this point. Tuesday is for Preaching My beautiful bride passed this jewel along to me. Remember, your preaching will be powerful because you walk with God. It will be weak and anemic because you don’t. It may be popular without holiness but it will only be … More Being Popular vs Being Powerful
Weekend Musings Our approaches to worship are too familiar. We have boldness to go into the throne room of God through the blood of an eternal covenant (Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 13:20) but we should never equate that boldness with flippancy. When I think of passages like Exodus 11-12 and the ferocious love of God for … More The Ferocity of God’s Love is Not Safe but it is Good
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