Charles Spurgeon: “No can ever equal some discourses in sleep-giving properties; no human being, unless gifted with infinite patience, could long endure to listen to them, and nature does well to give the victim deliverance through sleep.” As for…
Come Die
(I only recently realized that Tullian Tchividjian’s blog wasn’t showing up on my feed reader – be sure you update your subscription if you aren’t getting his blog now that he has been installed at Coral Ridge). Here is what…
Owen Strachan: Newsflash: Modern Women are Unhappy
Owen Strachan: New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has just penned a provocative piece called “Liberated and Unhappy” that briefly analyzes a new study entitled “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness” by economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers. Here’s what…
Life Sometimes Hangs By a “Thread”
Peter Kreeft (Quoted by Russell Moore in Adopted for Life, 144): If one Egyptian tailor hadn’t cheated on the threads of Joseph’s mantle, Potiphar’s wife would never have been able to tear it, present it as evidence to Potiphar that…
Facing Some “Orcs” in an Adventure You Didn’t Ask For? Persevere.
Maybe you’re facing some ugly circumstances in life? That’s how the adventure of life sometimes goes. Tolkien’s, Frodo and Sam dialogue near the end of The Two Towers: ‘I don’t like anything here at all,’ said Frodo, ‘step or stone,…
On Why We Have Fond Memories of Being Spanked
Doug Wilson: At a recent conference, my wife heard a funny story about some old friends of ours who had moved to another state. They have two small children, a four-year-old and a two-year-old. Once when both children needed to…
Russell Moore on The Heart of the Matter Regarding Adoption
I highly recommend Russ Moore’s book on adoption. He writes: “Here’s where, I think the nub of the whole issue lies. Adoption would become a priority if our churches themselves saw our brotherhood and sisterhood in our church itself rather…
Pray Someone Will Be Blessed and You May End Up Being the Blessing
Here is a thought worth meditating on: Sometimes when we pray someone would be blessed, we end up being the instrument God uses to bless the person for whom we prayed. God answers our praying by saying, “I will bless…
How Thrilled Are You About the Good News?
“If you are not aware of the fact that this is the greatest good news that has ever come into the world, or has ever been received by man, it may be due to the fact that you have an…
Tranquility is Not Always a Good Thing
You cannot, therefore, take credit for a tranquil kingdom, when there was tranquility for no other reason than because Christ was silent. I admit that, on the revival of the gospel, great disputes arose where all was quietness before. Calvin’s…