Today’s Quote – Church (Swindoll)

Charles Swindoll, Rise and Shine: The depth of a church is determined by its quality of worship and instruction.…the breadth of a church is determined by its commitment to fellowship and evangelism.

Help for reading through the Bible

A couple years ago, our church read through the Bible over 66 Sundays by reading the key chapter in each book of the Bible. To help our body understand the context in which these chapters were written, we provided some basic background information, which we then posted on the church website. That information has now […]

Updated pages

It’s been a while, but I’ve just updated the “Current Reading List” and “Recently on my iPod” pages.

Today’s Quote – Church (Beecher)

Henry Ward Beecher, quoted in Dynamics of Spiritual Gifts (McRae): The church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones, a nursery for the care of the weak ones, a hospital for the healing of those who need assiduous care.

Another view of God’s creation

This morning Al Mohler overviewed new photographs that have been provided by the Hubble telescope. These photographs are astounding representations of the vastness of the created world. Every time I see something like this, I am reminded of the words of the psalmist: When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon […]

Today’s Quote – Reconciliation (Chafer)

Lewis Sperry Chafer, Major Bible Themes: The concept in reconciliation is not that God changes, but that His relationship to man changes because of the redeeming work of Christ. Man himself is forgiven, justified, and raised spiritually to the level where he is reconciled to God. The thought is not that God is reconciled to […]

Today’s Quote – Peace with God (Piper)

John Piper, What Jesus Demands from the World: Our peace does not come from our removing the God of wrath from our thinking, but from his removing his wrath from us. He has done that by sending Jesus to die in our place so that, for everyone who believes in Jesus, God’s wrath is taken […]

A final thought about reconciliation

Sunday’s sermon continues to resonate in my mind as I ponder the effect of God’s reconciling work in believers. From the first weeks of my pastorate, many years ago now, until today, I am burdened by those in the church body who are not reconciled to one another. In sincerity (and sinful foolishness) I have […]

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.