Dan Phillips excellent book on Proverbs is now available for a 50% pre-order discount. One of the greatest blessings of my life has been the book of Proverbs. Decades ago I heard someone give the challenge to read the chapter…
A Favorite Book of Fiction Free on Audio Books
For a limited time, Christian Audio Books is offering a free download of Hannah Culter. For those who love community, or have watched the decline of small towns, this is must reading (or listening). For more on why you ought…
People Want a Pastor
Collin Hansen summarizes an interesting conversation between Tim Keller, Michael Horton, and Matt Chandler. As the church grows, so do the demands on church leaders. They implement new programs and recruit new volunteers to staff them. Cradle to grave, everyone…
Light: A Most Important Statement About God
One of the most important statements about God is that He is light. John R.W. Stott (TNTC on The Letters of John, 75) says that no biblical statement is more comprehensive of God’s essential being than the 1 John 1:5…
The Horn of Africa: A Humanitarian Crisis
The Big Picture points to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and other countries in Africa. Pray. See more pictures here.
Our “inconsolable secret”
Cornelius Plantinga in his highly recommended, Engaging God’s World (page 7): Our “inconsolable secret,” says C.S. Lewis, is that we are full of yearnings, sometimes shy and sometimes passionate, that point us beyond the things of earth to the ultimate…
If you think the Red Brick Church has accessibility issues. . .
Our church currently has a project going to install a ramp to make it more accessible – – a project that I heartily endorse. However, after seeing the below, I realize that there are churches that are far less accessible.…
Dealing with increasing distractions, information overload, and privacy
Wise words from Tim Challies.
It Only Takes One Generation for a Church to Die
Justin Taylor offers a sobering post for long term churches: Sean Lucas, drawing on some of the lessons he is learning while researching the history of the First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, MS, writes: As part of the research work…
Thankful for John R.W. Stott (1921-2011)
John R.W. Stott died this morning and I am pausing in the midst of a busy day to be thankful for him. From where I type this in our small town in Stillman Valley, IL, I can look over onto…