Augustine: It is a great duty of natural affection (it will be said) for a father to lay up for his sons; rather it is a great vanity, one who must soon die is laying up for those who must…
“Don’t Store Up Treasures on Earth”: What Jesus Doesn’t and Does Mean
The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7 : Christian Counter-Culture)
Jesus’ Ethic Not So Much Ascetic as Athletic
The oft quotable F.D. Bruner interacting with Matthew 6:19-21 in Matthew: A Commentary. Volume 1: The Christbook, Matthew 1-12 writes (page 321): Jesus does not quash ambition; he elevates it. The Christian is to be ambitious, passionate, acquisitive, enterprising —…
Why Were There Rules in the Garden of Eden?
I continue to enjoy an advance-endorsement copy of Paul Tripp’s book, Sex and Money: Pleasures that Leave You Empty and Grace that Satisfies. In the below quote, Tripp clarifies why there were boundaries in the Garden of Eden: The rules…
How to Choose Your Heirs (And How God Sorts Out His)
The below story by Tim Keller is powerful. But, first, remind yourself of the biblical text. “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before…
John Piper on the “Suicidal Craze of the Lottery”
John Piper: Tonight a ticket will be chosen worth over half a billion dollars. Lottery agents in New York were selling 1.3 million Mega Millions tickets per hour Thursday. Officials were expecting to sell about 1.2 billion tickets total before…
Randy Alcorn: What Is a Generosity Theology?
Click through to the Resurgence if you can’t see the video. In this clip from his interview with Pastor Mark Driscoll, bestselling author Randy Alcorn talks about how so many Christians are missing out on joy by not being generous…
Who has you?
Frederick Dale Bruner explains why the rich young ruler missed the “adventure of a lifetime”: Matthew 19:20-22: The young man said to him, “All these I have kept. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you would…
Hoping to win the lottery?
If you dream of picking the right Powerball, read about Jack Whittaker and the chapter of his life that began on a December morning a few years ago. The next morning, as always, he rose at 4:30 to get to…
Luke 12:13-21 With a Picture
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to them, “Take care, and…