Monday is for Discussion Is it just me or have some bloggers gotten too petty and myopic? I think some blogs out there seem to be entirely focused on criticism of other believers or the church. What do you think? Related: It’s Empty headed to think that criticism rather than living for Christ is going … More Are Christian Blogs Becoming too Negative?
Ran across this yesterday and wanted to pass it along. A good post for Father’s Day I think. Men, we need to be authentic and committed to the Savior. Pray for revival in America. David Platt discusses what it looks like to be a Christian today. He says, “We live in a day where it means … More Are Christians in America Christians?
Further thoughts on Philippians 4:9 “What you have learned and sounds like a cognitive component received and sounds like an embracing of the truth heard and sounds like something being repeated over . … More Is This the Apostle Paul’s Discipleship Process?
Prompted by a friends question, I went to the bookshelf to retrieve one of my favorite books on prayer, Henri Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart. Five years ago, when my daughter was in college, she was assigned the book for a class and I gave her my copy to save some money. When the class was … More Finding New Treasures in Old Books and Surprising Teachers (Henri Nouwen and my Daughter)
A valued friend contacted me on Facebook™ and wanted to know if I could recommend a book/booklet to help people learn how to pray. That’s a perennial problem—helping new believers and many times, older believers, to pray well, to pray biblically, to pray frequently, to pray with confidence and boldness, to pray about everything, to … More Henri Nouwen, Jesus and Teaching People to Pray
The article below is from Kairos Journal and its brevity is no reflection of its importance. Just this morning as I was driving into the office, I was thinking about the need for Christians to live their lives without apology for what they believe. We must live with humility but we must live with boldness. … More “Are You an EE-VAN-gelical?”
Thursday is for Discipleship The same question, over and over. Church after church, meeting after meeting, church folk of every stripe and level of leadership are asking the same thing, “What is a disciple?” The standard answers follow. “A follower of Christ. “A learner.” “A fisher of men.” “A Christ one.” “A little Christ.” “A … More The Discipleship Circus and Our Defunct Vocabulary
Sunday Musings And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to … More The Advantage of a Literate Christian Witness
Wednesday is for Prayer “And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.” (Acts 16:13, ESV) There was intentionality to Paul’s visit to the riverside, “we supposed there was … More Seizing the Moment and Opportunity for Impact
Just a link. More than a link. Admiration. Hope. Encouragement. And maybe … a challenge to live more fully for the glory of Christ and the joy of others. Link: Three Words to Change a Life “Then you came”
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