Today’s Quote – Reconciliation (Schaeffer)

Francis Schaeffer, The Mark of the Christian: …it is in the midst of a difference that we have our golden opportunity. When everything is going well and we are all standing around in a nice little circle, there is not much to be seen by the world. But when we come to the place where […]

Sunday Leftovers (9/6/09)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a 19th century poet whose works not only were influential in her day, but still continue to be widely read today. She grew up with 10 siblings and had an apparently happy relationship with her father. Yet that relationship soured when she defied a life-long admonition from her father that she […]

Today’s Quote – Reconciliation (Morris)

Leon Morris, The Atonement: We cannot get a glimmering of an understanding of what the New Testament understands by Christ’s atoning work unless we see that God is hostile to every evil thing and every evil person.…It is only when [this] root cause is identified and dealt with that there can be a genuine reconciliation. […]

Today’s Quote – Reconciliation (Stedman)

Ray Stedman: The ministry of reconciliation — Originates with God, not man Is personally experienced Is universally inclusive Is without condemnation Is delivered by men Is owned and accredited by God Is voluntarily accepted Achieves what otherwise is impossible Is experienced moment by moment.

Today’s Quote – Unity (Tozer)

A. W. Tozer: Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each […]

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Today’s Quote – Meditation (Brooks)

Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices: Remember, is is not hasty reading, but serious meditating upon holy and heavenly truths, that make them prove sweet and profitable to the soul.

Do you remember what you read?

A couple days ago, someone asked me (having walked into my office and seen my desk with several small piles of books), “do you remember everything you read?” “No. I know of people who do, but I don’t.” So you might ask the question, “then why read, if you don’t remember everything?” Well, there are […]

Today’s Quote – Thankfulness (Lightfoot)

J. B. Lightfoot, Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul: …there is no event of our lives which has not its bright side as well as its dark; no incident which may not be turned to good account, and therefore nothing for which we have not reason to thank God if we view it in […]

The Fight

On June 28, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield fought a rematch of a previous boxing match. Holyfield had won the first battle, but some questioned whether he could withstand the powerful punches of Tyson again. It wasn’t the punches of Tyson that floored Holyfield, but the biting of Tyson that shocked the world. Tyson bit […]

90 Minutes in Heaven

I have not read Don Piper’s book, 90 Minutes in Heaven. Nor, at least at this point, do I plan to do so. As I select books to read, I consider several criteria: is it written by an author that I know, trust, and enjoy? is it about a topic that is either theologically or […]

Today’s Quote – Desire for God (Lundgaard)

Kris Lundgaard, Through the Looking Glass: Some who seem to be sincere believers never stop to meditate on Christ and his glory. Oddly, they claim that they want nothing more than to see his glory in heaven forever. How can we reconcile this? It is impossible for someone who never delights to reflect on the […]

Sunday Leftovers, 8/30/09

The easiest thing to do when seeing immaturity and weakness and failure in ourselves or in other people is to quit. The hardest thing to do when seeing immaturity and weakness and failure in ourselves or in other people is to continue with Christ. The hardest part about ministry is not the what or the […]

Today’s Quote – Endurance (Piper)

John Piper, The Roots of Endurance: The twenty-first century will not be an easy time to be a Christian. It is not meant to be easy. But we are not left without help. The Bible centers on a crucified, risen, and reigning Christ and is full of promises for every crisis. And the history of […]

Today’s Quote – Holy Spirit (Spurgeon)

Charles Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students: The Spirit of God is peculiarly precious to us, because he especially instructs us as to the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ; and that is the main point of our preaching. He takes of the things of Christ, and shows them unto us.