Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices: It is not the hearing of truth, nor the knowing of truth, nor the commending of truth, nor the talking of truth, but the indwelling of truth in your souls, that will keep your judgments chaste and sound, in the midst of all those glittering errors that betray […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Scripture (Brooks)What is the last thing you might tell your teenager as he is about to leave for his first semester of college? What is the last thing you might tell your employees before you leave for a new opportunity? What is the last thing you tell long-time neighbors before you leave the neighborhood? What is […]
Read More This is not an idle wordDave Harvey, When Sinners Say “I Do”: Marriage is joined upon a field of great spiritual battles. But it rests within a war that is already won. Our real oppontent is not on the opposite side of the bed, but within our hearts. Our enemy is the desires of our flesh that oppose the desires […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Marriage (Harvey)Dave Harvey, When Sinners Say “I Do”: To be suspicious of my own heart is to acknowledge two things: that my heart has a central role in my behavior, and that my heart has a permanent tendency to oppose God and his ways.
Read More Today’s Quote – Self-Examination (Harvey)Title: When Sinners Say “I Do” Author: Dave Harvey Publisher: Shepherd Press, 2007; 189 pp. $13.95 Recommendation (4-star scale): While performing a wedding recently, I said something that has become a common refrain for me: “I wish I could tell you that the excitement, anticipation, and thrill you feel towards each other now will endure […]
Read More Book Review: When Sinners Say “I Do”J. I. Packer, Knowing God: What were we made for? What aim should we set ourselves in life? To know God. What is the “eternal life” that Jesus give? Knowledge of God. “This is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent” (John 17:3). What […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Knowing God (Packer)Fear of leaving the love of God might leave some thinking that the attention to doctrine practiced by the Ephesians is detrimental to a passionate, heart-filled following of Christ (I have a friend who leans in that direction). Yet, John Piper this week made “A Plea for Heart Devotions and Head Study.” It is a […]
Read More Head and heartJohn MacArthur, Our Sufficiency in Christ: You’ll never know what the Word can do if you don’t study and apply it. It isn’t enough to simply say you believe it. It must occupy an exalted place in your life. Since God Himself exalts and magnifies it (Ps. 138:2), how much more should we?
Read More Today’s Quote – Scripture (MacArthur)Gene Getz, Sharpening the Focus of the Church: Experience has demonstrated beyond doubt that knowing does not automatically lead to doing.…A Christian can know many things about God without sensing His greatness, His power, His riches, and His grace, without being moved by the marvel and wonder of it all.…In short, it is possible to […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Knowledge (Getz)J. Oswald Sanders, Enjoying Intimacy with God: All spiritual ministry flows from the reality of our knowledge of God and the vitality of our fellowship with Him and His Son.
Read More Today’s Quote – Ministry (Sanders)John MacArthur, “Rekindling Your Love for Christ:” …the Christian life is about loving Christ. [It] is about loving him singularly. It is about loving him totally. It is about loving him sacrificially. It is about loving him obediently. It is about loving him worshipfully. It is about loving him in terms of service. It really […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Love for God (MacArthur)It is good to maintain doctrinal purity in the church. It’s not only good — it’s the reason the church exists (1 Tim. 3:15) and is our calling and responsibility (2 Tim. 1:13ff). But there is no benefit to maintaining a doctrinal purity and clarity without devotion; nor is their benefit in keeping devotion without […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers, 3/22/09Today’s reading in the Psalms is a precursor to the hymn, “Count Your Many Blessings.” Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count. Take […]
Read More Count your many blessingsWith all the talk about the economy in recent days, many people’s minds are firmly on what they may or may not have in the future. Dwindling retirement accounts and diminishing potential inheritance bequests have stimulated no small amount of angst among many in our culture. Which makes you wonder what the Levites thought when […]
Read More Are you satisfied with your inheritance?John Piper, “Will We Risk? Venturing in Ministry” (audio sermon only): Safety is a mirage. It ought to be. And yet our churches — American churches — are filled with people who only dream security, now and until they drop dead. Maximize safety. Maximize security. Maximize comfort. It’s the total opposite of the Biblical vision […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Safety (Piper)
