Praying and receiving prayer requests this weekend, I dwell on this thought by Mark Driscoll as I loosely quote:
“I had two seminary students come up to me to ask me about working in ministry full time. You know the type: fresh faced, pastel colored knit shirts and full of enthusiasm. They asked, “What’s it like [...]
When you ordain ministers who are known, proud and unrepentant sinners, don’t be shocked when you see your church shrink in size.
When you don’t call out sinners to repent and break themselves before the Almighty God, don’t be shocked when people are not attracted to God.
When you ignore the Holy Spirit of the Bible who [...]
“One hundred years after Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, a man approached the great church father Tertullian with a problem — his business interests and Christianity conflicted. He ended by asking, ‘What can I do? I must live!’ Tertullian replied, ‘Must you?’”
R. Kent Hughes, The Sermon on the Mount, page 74.
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In light of a gift I got at Christmas from my beautiful girlfriend, Rachel, in which I had one of my favorite passages, Psalm 73:25-26, printed into a poster and framed. It sits above my bed.
Now I am thinking, what other verses would I like to see in posters. Stroll through the Christian bookstore and [...]
John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”
I have been accused of being crazy mostly because I take God’s Word literally.
For example, I don’t worry because Christ told me not to. Don’t believe me? Take a look:
Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your [...]
My God does not threaten. My God keeps His promises:
Jeremiah 23:1-4 (ESV) “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, [...]
Am I insane? I like to think so.
I have taken very little college in my life. That might be sort of surprising being how much I love taking classes back in high school (took 10 more credits then I needed to graduate) and how much I love to learn now especially when I live vicariously [...]
Over the last couple of months, I have been struggling to truly and clearly identify the desires of my heart. I will read Psalm 37:4 and think, “Okay, I place God first in my life for He knows the desires of my heart and I don’t have to worry about them.”
But what are the desires [...]
From The Advertiser’s article, “Porn-again pastor tells of his addiction and shame“:
“For over 16 years, I have struggled with an addiction to adult pornography. As a result of this secret life of sin my body would often break down,” his confession began.
“Two years ago, I reported that I was suffering from cancer. The truth is [...]