Beastly?
Disciples and Disciple-making (10)For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother…Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord. Philemon 1.7, 20 Paul was grateful for those like Philemon and Titus (2 Cor. 7) […]
What to Expect
The Confident Witness (9) And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter.” So Paul departed from among them. However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them. Acts 17.32-34 UncertaintyNo one […]
The Power of Holy Intention
The Devotion We Dare Not Neglect William Law’s piercing words call us to self-examination: “If you will stop here and ask yourself why you are not so devoted as the primitive Christians, your own heart will tell you that it is neither through ignorance and inability, but purely because you never thoroughly intended it.” His […]
Out of Step
Our readings in this series are from the book, The Church Captive. Here is a brief excerpt from pages 22 and 23: “In 1951, Milosz asked, ‘Do Western Christians take the necessary advantage of their freedom? One is forced to the conclusion that they do not. Religion has become something of a vestigial custom, instances of which […]
“I Will Build My Church”
Jesus throughout the Scriptures: Psalms 6 (1) Pray Psalm 102.15-21So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD,And all the kings of the earth Your glory.For the LORD shall build up Zion;He shall appear in His glory.He shall regard the prayer of the destitute,And shall not despise their prayer.This will be written for the generation to come,That […]
Surprise Giving
Luke 7:11–17 (ESV) Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a […]
