“I’m tired…”

Are you tired? Maybe this is why: I’m tired because I’m overworked. The population of this country is 237 million, and 104 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the work. There are 85 million in school, which leaves 48 million to do the work. Of this, there are 29 million employed by […]

Weakness is the Way — a new book from J. I. Packer

Crossway has just released a new book by J. I. Packer entitled, Weakness is the Way: Life with Christ Our Strength. Here Packer talks about the premise behind the book. This looks helpful! Publisher’s Description: For Christians, weakness should be a way of life. Yet most of us try desperately to be sufficient on […]

Hope for the weary

A few years ago a motorcycle police officer noticed a vehicle that appeared to be dragging something behind it. As he drew closer and then began to pass the car, he saw that the something was a basset hound at the end of a leash that was caught in the car door. He said of […]

Today’s Quote – Weariness (Warfield)

B. B. Warfield, “The Religious Life of Theological Students:” Other men, oppressed by the hard conditions of life, sunk in the daily struggle for bread perhaps, distracted at any rate by the dreadful drag of the world upon them and the awful rush of the world’s work, find it hard to get time and opportunity […]

Do not grow weary of doing good

On a very limited number of occasions — once, maybe twice — I have felt like I had reached the limits of my physical abilities. My arms and legs trembling with weariness, I was nearing the end of what my body could do. On a few of occasions I’ve watched sporting events and seen athletes […]

Overloaded?

I first saw the link to this web article on another blog, somewhere, sometime in the last week. Don’t know who, don’t know when. I just remember seeing it, and then seeing it referenced again by Desiring God today. I don’t have 157 books to read like Phil Ryken, but I do have over 100 […]