Sermon: What We Want from the Word
What We Want from the Word Psalm 119:129-136 December 27, 2020 What did you want this week? That’s a fitting …
Category Archives: desires
What do you want?
D. A. Carson told the story of Lillian Guild who was driving one day with her husband and noticed a …
You have one wish…
It’s your birthday. And positioned on the table in front of you is your celebration cake, loaded with far too …
Gluttony – it’s not just overeating
As someone who has battled with controlling his weight for most of his life, I appreciated this from The Christian …
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. …
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 …
Greater things, lesser things, and our culture
C. S. Lewis makes some helpful observations about greater and lesser things in an essay in God in the Dock. …
Your motive matters
Almost three decades ago, when I was a first or second-year seminary student, a retired pastor in our congregation pulled …
Heads up!
Even as a young elementary student, I knew what “Heads up!!!” meant there was an incoming ball on a swift …
What do you want? — a chart
Earlier today, I blogged about our desires and passions in relation to our position in Christ (“What do you want?”). …
What do you want?
What do you want? What do your really long for and crave? What do you want so badly that even …
What am I looking at?
“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into …
Ask whatever you want…God will do it
Found on the internet recently: “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” …
Blessings and woes
Every life has good and trouble — or to use the terms of Luke 6, blessings and woes. Each day …
Ministry motives
I was in my first or second or second year of seminary when a retired pastor and an elder in …
