Today’s Quote – Worship (Boice)

James Boice, “Whatever Happened to God?”: To worship God is to ascribe to him supreme worth, for he alone is supremely worthy. Therefore, the first thing to be said about worship is that it is to honor God. Worship also has bearing on the worshiper. It changes him or her, which is the second important […]

Today’s Quote – Church (Calvin)

John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion: Surely the church of Christ has lived and will live so long as Christ reigns at the right hand of the Father. It is sustained by his hand; defended by his protection; and is kept safe through his power.

Today’s Quote – Obedience (C. Bridges)

Charles Bridges, Psalm 119: Then let me begin my morning with the inquiry, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?”…Let me trade with all my talents for thee: ever watchful, that I may be employed in thy work; setting a guard upon my thoughts, my lips, my tempers, my pursuits, that nothing may hinder, […]

Today’s Quote – Husbands (Scott)

Stuart Scott, The Exemplary Husband: Only the heart that truly knows and walks with God can even begin to look like the heart of God. A husband will bear good fruit in his character and work only when the thoughts an intentions of his heart seek God, love God, and desire to glorify God. Such […]

A short grab bag of links

Here are a variety of interesting links that I’ve noted over the past couple of weeks, but haven’t been able to work into a blog: Justin Taylor synthesized a detailed response to Newsweek’s recent article, “Our Mutual Joy,” denigrating the Biblical position that opposes homosexual marriage. Al Mohler has also offered a variety of responses […]

Bible reading reflections

In our weekly Bible reading plan, today is a day of reflection. As I think back over the passages we’ve read in the past week (Genesis 1-17; Ps. 1-6), it is sobering how rapidly the story of sin progresses. Just think through the major narrative stories in these first chapters in Genesis: Genesis 3 — […]

Today’s Quote – Heaven (Alcorn)

Randy Alcorn, Heaven: Satan need not convince us that Heaven doesn’t exist. He need only convince us that Heaven is a place of boring, unearthly existence. If we believe that lie, we’ll be robbed of our joy and anticipation, we’ll set our minds on this life and not the next, and we won’te be motivated […]

Today’s Quote – Scripture (Boice)

James Montgomery Boice, Living by the Book: [continued from yesterday] Well, the world’s methods may fill churches, just as they can fill stadiums for rock concerts, but work done in that way will be the world’s work, not the work of God. [Psalm 119] tells us that if we would grow in grace and in […]

Having trouble praying?

At the beginning of a new year, we are wont to make resolutions. This will change. This time. It really will. Yet statistics I came across a few years ago have said that within one month, 45% of all people have not kept their resolutions. And only 19% keep their resolutions for as long as […]

Today’s Quote – Scripture (Boice)

James Montgomery Boice, Living by the Book: We live in a day when people do not much value God’s Word, even in evangelical churches. We say that we value it, but our neglect of the Word belies our confession. We do not spend much time in serious Bible study. We do not memorize God’s Word, […]

Today’s Quote – Worship (Frame)

John Frame, Worship in Spirit and Truth: When we are distracted from our covenant Lord and preoccupied with our own comforts and pleasures, something has gone seriously wrong with our worship…when we leave worship, we should first ask not What did I get out of it? but How did I do in my work of […]

500 years of John Calvin

You may have noticed that the first few days of “Today’s Quote” this year have been quotes from John Calvin’s little book John Calvin, Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life. There’s a reason for that. This year (2009) is the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. One of the goals I have […]

Today’s Quote – Spiritual Progress (Calvin)

John Calvin, Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life: Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair because of the smallness of our accomplishment.… The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble. Let […]

Today is an important day

Today is an important day. Twenty-two years ago today, I was living in Dallas and made a trip to the airport to pick up Raye Jeanne, who was living in Washington state at the time. She was coming for a 7-10 day visit between my school semesters. After picking her up, we stopped by the […]

Today’s Quote – Gospel (Calvin)

John Calvin, Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life: The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart. Let nominal Christians cease from insulting […]