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?
Wednesday is for Prayer “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergyman or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven on earth.” —-John Wesley Here’s a thought: Have … More Shaking the Gates of Hell
Tuesday is for Revival “The assumption is that revival is needed to remedy deficiencies that would not be present had real Christianity been practiced and readily observed by a watching world. Whenever such authenticity is scarce, it becomes necessary to plead, ‘O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years!’ (Hab. 3:2 NKJV). … More If Real Christianity Was Practiced
Friday is for Heart Songs … “‘Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.’ But you say, ‘How shall we return?’” Malachi 3:7 (ESV) Going to spend my Sabbath (which happens to be on Friday) thinking and praying about what “returning” to God looks like … in … More Using the Sabbath Well
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)
Wednesday Discussion An example of looking for opportunity where some might least expect it. Just ran across this today (Saturday) while reading Dr. J. Edwin Orr’s first book, documenting his travels around Ireland and Britain in 1933. The book was published in December of 1934 and tells the story of his “preaching tour” to stimulate … More Being Shrewd and Honest in Moving the Conversation to Christ
Weekend Musings “An hour later I was cycling down the road to nowhere, convinced that it led to everywhere.” So ends the first chapter in J. Edwin Orr’s first book, Can God—-? (1934). He has just related the account of his entry into ministry, specifically of calling Britain and Ireland to faith in Christ. Most … More How Will Revival Come?
Sunday Musings “It is a good day when thou givest me a glimpse of myself; Sin is my greatest evil, but thou are my greatest good; … My country, family, church fare worse because of my sins, for sinners bring judgment in thinking sins are small … Let me … More Praying for Holiness on a Sunday Afternoon
Wednesday is for Prayer I am being raked over the coals by my third reading of J.C. Ryle’s A Call to Prayer: An Urgent Plea to Enter into the Secret Place. You can kid yourself and delude yourself and hypnotize yourself into thinking you are too busy to pray or too distracted to pray or that you … More “Prayer will consume sin or sin will choke prayer.”
Friday is for Heart Songs As a history major with an emphasis on Ancient Rome and Greece at the University of Maryland, I had the privilege of studying under Dr. Wilhelmina Jashemski, noted archaeologist of Pompeii. I still remember the day that she arrived at class on crutches after having slipped on some ice the … More When Will Judgment Fall on America?
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