What the World is Offering Men (and Why It Falls Short)
The Man Who Has Everything and Still Feels Nothing He’s worked hard for everything he has. A career with a real title on the door. A house in a decent neighborhood. A truck he actually wanted. He follows the right voices online, listens to the podcasts that tell him to get his act together, lift […]
Are We Making Progress?
Questions for Church Leaders (6) Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. 2 Corinthians 13.5 A disturbing challengeThis passage from the apostle Paul presents a disturbing challenge. It comes at the end of his second lengthy letter to […]
The Story of the Bible
If we’re going to really know God and His Word, we need to learn how to hear the Bible as it tells God’s story to us. But what is that story? And how do we fit in it? Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on pages 28 and 29: “Essentially, the […]
The Faith of a Gentile Woman
Matthew 15: True and False Faith (4) Pray Psalm 29.1, 2.Give unto the LORD, O you mighty ones,Give unto the LORD glory and strength.Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name;Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. Sing Psalm 29.1, 2.Toulon: I Greet Thee Who My Sure Redeemer ArtGive praise to God, you children of the earth!Tell […]
A Man Blessed in Christ
Poetry of the Celtic Revival (2)Hearken, all you lovers of God, to the holy meritsof a man blessed in Christ, the bishop Patrick:how through his good deeds he is like the angels,and on account of his perfect life is made equal to the apostles. – Sechnall, Audite Omnes Amantes For by grace you have been saved through […]
THURSDAY OF EASTER WEEK: Living for Jesus
Your ministry is defined by your life, by the place in the world field to which Jesus sends you each day for the purpose of making disciples to His glory.
Thinking Like an Athiest
Hosea 12:7–10 (NKJV) “A cunning Canaanite!Deceitful scales are in his hand;He loves to oppress.And Ephraim said,‘Surely I have become rich,I have found wealth for myself;In all my laborsThey shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’ “But I am the LORD your God,Ever since the land of Egypt;I will again make you dwell in […]