Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices, For a close, remember this, that your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint not, hold on and hold up, in ways of well-doing, and heaven shall make amends for all.
Read More Today’s Quote – Faithfulness (Brooks)Roy Lessin (unknown book): The Christmas season gives us something to look back to, to look up to, and look forward to. We look back and see a babe in a manager; we look up and see the Lamb upon His throne; we look ahead and see the King coming in all His glory.
Read More Today’s Quote – Christmas (Lessin)Christina Rosetti, in Christianity Today, What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb, If I were a wise man, I would do my part, Yet what can I give Him? Give Him my heart.
Read More Today’s Quote – Christmas (Rosetti)James Montgomery Boice, The Christ of Christmas, If the story were a fable or even an event that merely had happened 2,000 years ago (or even 100 years ago) and then ended, it would have no hold upon us. What does it really matter that somebody died long ago in a far-off land? I have […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Christmas (Boice)Stuart Briscoe, in Christianity Today, The spirit of Christmas needs to be superceded by the Spirit of Christ. The spirit of Christmas is annual; the Spirit of Christ is eternal. The spirit of Christmas is sentimental; the spirit of Christ is supernatural. The spirit of Christmas is a human product; the Spirit of Christ is […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Christmas (Briscoe)Christmas isn’t about babies. Or gifts. Or giving. Or sacrifice. Or thankfulness. Or in songs. Or family. Or tradition. Christmas is about death. More specifically, Christmas is about the death of Christ. That is to say, Christmas is about the gospel. The Christian faith demands clarity about many things. But it demands that we must […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (12/21/08)Charles Colson, A Dangerous Grace, When God wanted to defeat sin, his ultimate weapon was the sacrifice of his own Son. On Christmas Day two thousand years ago, the birth of a tiny baby in an obscure village in the Middle East was God’s supreme triumph of good over evil.
Read More Today’s Quote – Christmas (Colson)Martin Luther, For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.
Read More Today’s Quote – Bible reading (Luther)Donald Whitney, Simplify Your Spiritual Life, It’s not so much what we read in the Bible that changes us, but what we remember. Doubtless there are many believers who should increase their daily intake of Scripture, but many others are devoting all the time they can. If you cannot possibly add meditation to the time […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Bible reading (Whitney)Read with the intent of knowing God and His mind, not “solving problems.” Establish a time and place that you will meet God every day — e.g., on sofa at 6:30 a.m. Keep a Bible, pad & pen (and maybe a devotional book) at that location. Read the Bible systematically & with balance (history, poetry, […]
Read More Practical tips for reading your Bible and submitting to the SpiritCharles Spurgeon, Counsel for Christian Workers, It is always best to drink at the well and not from the tank. You shall find that reading the Word of God for yourselves, reading it rather than notes about it, is the surest way of growing in grace. Drink the unadulterated milk of the Word of God, […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Bible reading (Spurgeon)A number of years ago, my folks asked me what I wanted for Christmas. At the top, as usual (some things never change), was a list of books. And I graciously was given several of the desired volumes. So a month or two after Christmas, my Dad asked me about one of the books (one […]
Read More Read the Bible this yearJohn Piper, This Momentary Marriage, The most foundational thing to see from the Bible about marriage is that it is God’s doing. And the ultimate thing to see from the Bible about marriage is that it is for God’s glory.…Most foundationally, marriage is the doing of God. And ultimately, marriage is the display of God.
Read More Today’s Quote – Marriage (Piper)Multiple times each day over the past week or so, I have been asked, “do you have any family coming for Christmas?” This is the time of year that we typically have more opportunities to be with family. And for many of us, that also means chances to be with family that do not yet […]
Read More Christmas questionsF. B. Meyer, Don’t waste your time waiting and longing for large opportunities which may never come. But faithfully handle the little things that are always claiming your attention.
Read More Today’s Quote – Faithfulness (Meyer)
