More evidence of a deep sickness at the core of American society in these shootings in Georgia on the first week of school. Yet another indiscriminate shooting by a young man, heavily armed and taking lives without compunction or remorse. Unfortunately, within days people on the right and left of the political spectrum will start … More Praying for the Nation’s Soul
I once heard a man say that writing a novel was much easier than writing a short story. In a short story, every word must do the work of many. “The work of writing a novel is writing many words, throwing them down on the paper and hoping that some of them stick.” If such … More An Invitation to See
A Mid-Day Prayer for Revival “Lord, we are broken. Our hearts are so fickle and unresponsive to You. We react to every political and social interaction and change with angry fits, gossip and anxiety. We panic at nightly news, or economic news, or health news. even the weather, Lord,but are … More A Mid-Day Prayer for a Divided Nation
“You’ve heard it said that to be victorious in a military battle you must have the ‘most boots on the ground.’ Conversely, to be victorious in a spiritual battle, you must have the most ‘knees on the ground.’” …The character Eli to his young pastor friend Elmo in the novel The Old Man and the … More First Post after an Assassination Attempt on a Former President
Sunday Afternoon Musings Knowing the true source of power in preaching is too often forgotten. Let’s pray for the pastors of America to always remember . . . “A certain preacher whose sermons converted many souls received a revelation from God that it was not his sermons or works by all means but the prayers … More Sunday Musings for a Dying Nation
“For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the nourishment of mind with His truth; the purifying of imagination by His beauty; the opening of the heart to His love; the surrender of will to His purpose—and all of this gathered up in … More Thoughts on Worship
Sunday Afternoon Musings How I need this word and how I need to believe it and live it and trust it! “To pray is the greatest thing we can do: and to do it well there must be calmness, time, and deliberation; otherwise it is degraded into the littlest and meanest of things. True praying … More Oh God, Make Me a Better Prayer
You will have to trust me, but this really happened Our church had just planted its 5th church in its first 7 years of life. God had been very gracious to us. The church had grown. We gained experience and had seen God do some miraculous things. Most of the churches we had planted were … More Praying the Same Prayer for 35 Years
The paragraphs below are the opening lines of John Piper’s mini-biography on Charles H. Spurgeon. From nearly 40 years of pastoral ministry, from the work I do with pastors since I left full-time pastoral ministry, I am convinced that these descriptions and observations are spot on. At the end of this post I want to … More Haunting Words for Pastors and the Rest of Us
For about two decades, I have been using the book of Psalms as the scaffold for my prayer life. It is a simple plan. I simply look at the calendar, today its January 1. I open my Bible, turn to Psalm 1 and use it to give me the language for whatever I am praying … More Why You Should Pray the Psalms
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