Steve Lawson, Made in Our Image: In governing the universe, God controls all occurrences, events, and actions. It may seem to some people that this world is out of control — but such is not the case. Tragedies come; trials buffet us; the unexpected occurs. Yet, despite outward appearances, God fully controls all events and […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/23/08)Desiring God announced a couple days ago that several of the books published this fall by John Piper are now available for free online as .pdf files. If you are looking for an inexpensive way to read good books, this is it. I have either read or am currently reading all these books, or listened […]
Read More Free books!For some time, someone has been asking me a question about preaching and the church, “in previous years, you often used to hear sermons on this topic, but now you rarely even hear the word used — whatever happened to worldliness?” What has happened to verses like Romans 16:19? …I want you to be wise […]
Read More Book Review: WorldlinessCharles Spurgeon, “Separating the Precious from the Vile:” Never were there good times when the Church and the world were joined in marriage with one another.…The more the Church is distinct from the world in her acts and in her maxims, the more true is her testimony for Christ, and the more potent is her […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/22/08)A. W. Pink: Nothing is too great and nothing is too small to commit into the hands of the Lord. (HT: CQOD)
Read More Today’s Quote (10/21/08)John Newton (in a letter to a young, prospective pastor): If it be the Lord’s will to bring you to this ministry, he has already appointed your place and service; and though you know it not at present, you shall at the proper time. If you had the talents of an angel, you could do […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/20/08)When the founder of the Navigators, Dawson Trotman, died in a boating accident a generation ago (after being thrown from the boat, he held up two young women until they were saved, before perishing himself), there was disbelief and grief among all those who were present. Yet when a close friend broke the news to […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (10/19/08)Amy Carmichael: And shall I pray to change Thy will, my Father, until it accord to mine? But no, Lord, no; that shall never be. Rather, I pray Thee blend my human will with Thine. (HT: John MacArthur)
Read More Today’s Quote (10/19/08)Edmund Clowney: Too many Christians still live with crossed fingers, sweating out their good luck as a portent of calamity. To see them, you would never guess that God’s good pleasure, and not the goddess of fate, rules human destiny. (HT: CQOD)
Read More Today’s Quote (10/18/08)John Piper, Desiring God: The purposes of God cannot be frustrated; there is none like God. If a purpose of God came to nought it would imply that there is a power greater than God’s. It would imply that someone could stay his hand when he designs to do a thing. But ‘none can stay […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/17/08)H. C. Leupold, Psalms: With God things in this world never get out of hand.
Read More Today’s Quote (10/16/08)Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: God is in control; He is sovereign. He does whatever pleases Him and determines whether we can do what we have planned. This is the essence of God’s sovereignty; His absolute independence to do as He pleases and His absolute control over the actions of all His creatures. No creature, person, […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/15/08)Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: No one can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it (Lamentations 3:37).…God is in control, but in His control He always allows us to experience pain. The pain is very real. We hurt, we suffer. But in the midst of our suffering we muct believe that […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/14/08)Michael Wilkins, In His Image: Love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person, a commitment I give myself to in order to bring the relationship to God’s intended purpose.
Read More Today’s Quote (10/13/08)A. W. Tozer, That Incredible Christian: The love of Christ both wounds and heals, it fascinates and frightens, it kills and makes alive, it draws and repulses. There can be nothing more terrible or wonderful than to be stricken with love for Christ so deeply that the whole being goes out in a pained adoration […]
Read More Today’s Quote (10/12/08)
