It has become commonplace for church leaders to issue sweeping ‘declarations’ about what their congregants should expect in the coming year—often rebadged from previous years. This usually happens at the 31st December watchnight services—or at least that’s what they used to be called. Nowadays, they are called ‘Crossover’ (or even ‘Passover’) services. The implication is…
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Indeed, it is absolutely essential, after coming to faith in Christ, to be radically, deeply, experientially devoted—unshakably, unwaveringly persuaded—that reading and meditating on and understanding and memorizing and enjoying the Scriptures is absolutely essential for the Christian life.
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We prioritize daily Bible reading because without it we fail to achieve life’s great purpose: “to make God in Christ look magnificent—to make him look precious and valuable, to look like the supreme treasure that he is”.
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This is deeply ironic and tragic because in the Christian gospel we have the one resource that can unlock the heart and free us to take off the masks. As long as we view the Christian church as a club for those who make the grade socially, we will be unwilling to speak freely of our shortcomings as believers.
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The question is, what books/stories are you writing with your words? If we were to read them, what effect would they produce on your readers?
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Because of what Jesus did on the cross, whatever suffering we go through here on this side of eternity is ‘easy’ suffering because we have been spared the greatest suffering of all, the punishment of our sins and eternal damnation.
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How do we who were once enemies of God become reconciled unto Him, and further adopted as His children? Through Christ Jesus alone!
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SEPTEMBER 6 … In the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.(Philippians 2:15) We use lights for display. A Christian should so shine in his life that a person could not live with him a week without knowing the Gospel. His conversation should be such that…
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JULY 28 I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. (Psalm 73:22) Remember, this is the confession of the man of God; and in telling us his inner life, he writes, “I was brutish and ignorant.” The word “brutish” conveys the extent of his wayward folly. In an earlier verse of…
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We are all, of course, familiar with the term “Providence”. It is often used as a shorthand for “If God permits”. But what do we mean by these terms? Do we really know? I fear there is much mental haziness and confusion at this point in the Christian landscape. Defining Providence As the 27th article…
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