…laboring for the gospel as it transforms me, my city, and my world for all of eternity…
In church life, there is a tendency for envy and jealousy. I know that’s a very new and profound statement. What can I say - I’m prophetic!
But as I progress through Philippians, passages like this challenge me. As Eternity moves forward, I am resolved in two convictions:
To never be a detractor or [...]
As I look ahead to 2009, I am hopeful and excited about what this year may bring.
And after reading this verse today, I am praying that God would use my life as a church planter and a pastor to give fellow disciples of Jesus more courage and confidence to advance the Gospel in whatever sphere [...]
Also, I’m seeing how sinful my tendency is to magnify the things that are wrong before thanking God for the things that are right.
When I camp on passages like this, I realize that far too often I’m a slave to negativity and complaining which are both sins I need to repent of.
I’m finishing up a trip through 1 Corinthians and I wonder:
Do we often live as hopeless people because we’ve forgotten the hope the resurrection brings?
Just looking at Paul’s letters, he says as much here and here. If your focus is on your wants, desires, and needs, it’s probably sin.
I was reading CJ Mahaney’s blog this morning which led me to purchase the Live CD from this past years Together For The Gospel Conference…and as I was listening through some of the previews they have for the songs on the CD, I was particularly struck by In Christ Alone this morning…the first verse is [...]
My wife picked up a copy of this book for me at the True Woman Conference a couple of months ago and I’m extremely glad she did. Ever since I was first exposed to Piper’s theology of suffering at the 2005 Desiring God National Conference - Suffering and the Sovereignty of God - I have [...]
If you haven’t read Tim Keller’s previous book “The Reason For God” or listened to any of Keller’s sermons, you are robbing yourself of a valuable perspective and unique insight.
In much the same vein as his first book, Keller takes a very familiar parable from the Bible and provides a very different take on it [...]
Yesterday I shared an excerpt of a sermon on 1Corinthians 1 from Spurgeon, and today I’d like to share how he ended that sermon because I think it is a prayer that all of us should pray…
Remember, this was written in 1904! There’s some advice that never goes out of style:
So, dear friend, go home, [...]
…that Eternity may not be the church for me? Well…that’s what I’m saying if you believe that the church should make following Jesus more palatable and less costly for those who simply want a “get out of hell free card”…
Or, a guy named David Wells says it pretty good too:
In our churches we may have [...]