If you hover over Bible references in any of my posts, you should see the Scripture quoted. I’ll be curious to know if it works. So, if you wouldn’t mind, scroll down, find a Bible reference in one of my…
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action; reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character reap a destiny
If it’s true that physically, “we are what we eat,” it is just as true that we become what we think. That is the point of the above progression. What do you spend your time thinking about? In growing as…
Pictures for Worship
Tonight at dinner, my family read from Big Truths for Young Hearts: . . . The only way we could be thinking together about the goodness of God in this book is because God has shared with us the secret…
Why You Should Read The God I Don’t Understand by Chris Wright
I hereby endorse John Lemke’s endorsement of the Chris Wright book, The God I Don’t Understand. Lemke: I recently read Christopher J. H. Wright’s book The God I Don’t Understand and I found it very helpful. In fact, I used…
Can Someone Be a Believer But Not Be Committed to a Local Church? Part II
Previously, I contended (see here) that local church involvement is not an option for believers. The church (made up of local churches) is as much God’s plan for this age as the ark was for Noah’s. At times, it’s a…
Romans 5:5 – God has poured out his love into our hearts . . .
Have you considered how amazing it is that the Father has poured out the Holy Spirit into our hearts so that we can experience the love of Christ and be confident as we anticipate one day standing before God? “and…
Trevin Wax Reviews Unpacking Forgiveness
Trevin Wax, author of the forthcoming, Holy Subversion: Allegiance to Christ in an Age of Rivals, posted a review today of my book, Unpacking Forgiveness. . . . Two things caused me to give Unpacking Forgiveness a chance. First, I…
Russell Moore: “What happens when you bite on this bread?”
I’ve been thinking and studying a great deal in recent days about the sacraments or ordinances. I’m okay with either word. I am convinced that we need to recover a more biblical view of their central place in the life…
Can Someone Be A Believer Yet Not Be Committed to a Local Church? (On the misapplication of the doctrine of the invisible church)
Do you know someone who professes to be a Christian, yet is not part of a local church? Those who profess some faith on some level, but don’t attend church might appeal to the idea of the visible and the…
“The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe (Proverbs 29:25).”
People-centeredness (“the fear of man”) disguises itself in many forms. The question is not “if” you struggle with being people centered, but “how?” (If you think you never struggle with being people centered, then in your case the problem may…