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
This year has had a lot of these impromptu performances.This one is one of the best.
Almost a year ago, just before Christmas, we were hit with blizzard winds and snow here in Bolingbrook. Stephnie and I decided to have worship here, in the confines of our home with our just-from-college-returned son, and pre-c0llege daughter rather than brave the chill of winter and another visit to a church that is not … More Longing to Know that I Need Him Every Hour
Friday is for Heart Songs Update: It is now 25 years since I wrote the lyrics to the song below. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to the music that my friend wrote for it. So, I am asking again for help of one of my subscribers. Who wants the challenge of putting these words … More A Music Challenge for Songwriters
Tuesday is for Preaching Much to do and little time so here is an offering to inspire you to pay whatever price to be holy so that your preaching will be powerful. What follows is from Kairos Journal. What Makes Great Preachers—E. M. Bounds (1835 – 1913) Edward McKeendree Bounds was an American Methodist minister … More Be Holy if You Would Preach with Power
Friday is for Heart Songs I was washing my face at the bathroom sink when I started to weep at a thought that flew through my heart. I was thinking about an upcoming meeting with my daughter, a daughter birthed before I was a Christian, before I was married, before I was a pastor, who … More “I love you because you are mine.”
In September of last year, through the generosity of a friend, I was able to go to a U2 concert at Soldier Field in Chicago. I am away at a seminar in Georgia for the next 3 days and so I am re-posting something from my old blog related to my thinking going into the … More The One Magnificent One – What Worship is All About
This morning I was reflecting on the NT view of worship and how radically different it is from conceptions of worship in the OT. Jesus truly made a seismic shift in the worship patterns of the Church. In the OT worship was about a place (the Temple), and the materials (incense, birds, lambs, bulls etc.), … More Worship is What We Were Made For
“Purity of heart is the will to one thing!” Soren Kierkegaard “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1) What joy the apostle Paul must have felt as he wrote these words! He had murdered multiple times in multiple cities but the gospel declared that even murders and … More Reading of Old Joy
