Wednesday is for Prayer On the road today, with little time. But yesterday I read Oswald Chambers, and My Utmost for His Highest and found this worthy thought to pass on. May all your thoughts and prayers lead you to the Savior, by faith. Insight, Not Emotion I have to lead my life in faith, without … More An Older Voice on What it Means to Live by Faith rather than Emotion
People who believe in Christ ought to be changed. They ought to exhibit characteristics of having moved from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. Or am I off target? For more see … Does Conversion Always Produce a Change of Affection and Behavior?.
Making Better Disciples A church planter wrote me last week and asked about the material we use for discipleship. Two weeks ago, another church planter asked me a similar question. Earlier this year, I had a conversation with a church staff member of a significant church about how the church they serve does new believer … More The Material You Use for Discipleship is Immaterial
Thursday is for Discipleship “My hour has not yet come.” (John 2:4) “My time is not yet here” (John 7:6) “My time has not yet fully come.” (John 7:8) “His hour had not yet come.” (John 7:30) “His hour had not yet come.” (John 8:20) “Jesus, knowing his hour had come.” (John 13:1) … More An Intense Purposefulness: Where is it?
Thursday is for Discipleship My old copy of Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison disintegrated and my daughter graciously purchased another copy for me. As I reread what this brother endured for the cross, it affirms once again the conclusion that it is times of duress not peace, it is turmoil not calm, that produces … More Wearing Out Old Books and Relearning Old Truth
Wednesday is for Prayer When the things that we pray for are dominated by financial need and the restoration of health, whether ours or a family members, when the things for which we thank God are filled with the answers to such prayers and the joy we have in those answers, we are not participating in the … More Our Prayers are Weak, Selfish, and Powerless
Sunday Musings “The real trouble is that the pure Word of Jesus has been overlaid with so much human ballast–burdensome rules and regulations, false hopes and consolations–that it has become extremely difficult to make a genuine decision for Christ.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, (p. 35) Praying that the Word that was preached all … More The Burdensome Ballast of Human Rules on the Gospel
Friday is for Heart Songs “Resolved, to act, in all respects, both speaking and doing, as if there were none as grotesque as I, and as if I had committed the same sins, or had the same infirmities or failings as others; and that I will let the knowledge of their failings promote nothing but … More Resolved: To Know and Own My Sinfulness
I have been talking to a number of people of late who seem to be in the doldrums in relationship to God. They love Him. They believe in Him. They are seeking to follow Him. And they can’t sense His presence. Historically, they have many biblical compatriots. The people of God are not immune from … More Psalm 44 and the Silence of God
Prayer is a constant battle. And that is what makes it so hard–its constancy. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, speaking of the constancy of waiting in prison made the following observation in prison that I think applies equally well to prayer: “Great battles … for more: Why I Hate Prayer.
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