Sin is…
R. C. Sproul, The Truth of the Cross: “Sin is cosmic treason.” With those words, I [am] trying to communicate …
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Perspectives on biblical counseling from two leaders
The National Association of Nouthetic Counseling (NANC) has been the primary agency for equipping biblical counselors for several decades. The …
Is Your Heart An Idol Factory?
From Mike Leake’s blog this morning: “From this we may gather that man’s nature, so to speak, is a perpetual …
Sunday Leftovers: Worldly desires
“Do not love the world, nor the things in the world.” John (1 Jn. 2:15) could not be more clear. …
Naaman’s dream
Have you ever had a dream? I have… When I was five, I dreamed of being a garbage man. When …
What the flesh hates
Kris Lundgaard, in The Enemy Within: Which is easier: to sit with a bucket of butter-soaked popcorn and watch Tom …
Benefits of marital problems
Jay Adams, Solving Marriage Problems: The pressures of marriage…have a way of bringing out defects. You can’t place two sinners …
Expunging the world from your heart
Thomas Chalmers, “The Explusive Power of a New Affection:” The love of the world cannot be expunged by a mere …
Sin became a trifle
Epitaphs take a life and synthesize it into a concise statement. Some are humorous. “I told you I was sick.” …
Working with the Spirit of God
Jeremy Taylor: While the Spirit of God is doing this work [of regeneration] in man, man must also be ‘a …
Sunday Leftovers: Your strength
A number of years ago, Sports Illustrated profiled arm wrestler Dave Patton. At the time, he hadn’t lost an arm …
Something better than knowing God
J. I. Packer, in Knowing God: “What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I …
God, please don’t give me too much (repost)
This blog was originally posted on June 11, 2010. The “fish story” is the poster-child for exaggeration. The longer the …
Doubting your salvation? Here’s some help.
Assurance of salvation is a doubt that pursues every Christian believer at some point(s) in his life. In God’s grace, …
Q&A with King Solomon
In Ecclesiastes, Solomon does a Q&A with himself on a variety of life topics. Listen in as Solomon conducts this …
