Posted in The Christian Life, tagged Christianity, Humility, Worship on 24 June, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. When the humble see it they will be glad…” (Psalm 69:30-32, ESV).
“I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually [...]
Posted in The Christian Life, Theology, tagged Christianity on 3 May, 2008 | No Comments »
Things have been rather quiet around The Pulpit and the Pew this past week. Thanks to all of you who still check in now and again.
Whether you’ve gone through The Baptist Catechism before or not, let me encourage you to take few minutes and meditate on this question and the Scriptures that are provided.
And as [...]
Posted in The Christian Life, The Gospel, tagged Christianity on 24 April, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” - 1 Corinthians 15:58 (ESV)
Be encouraged. Be very encouraged.
That is what I hear emanating from Paul as he concludes his treatment of the power of the gospel 1 Corinthians [...]
Posted in The Bible, The Christian Life, tagged Christianity on 23 April, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’” - Matthew 23:29-30, ESV
Someone once said that [...]
Posted in The Christian Life, tagged Christianity, Pastoral Ministry, Theology on 2 April, 2008 | No Comments »
Most Christians need to hear much more (not less) about God and his saving work in Christ. If we don’t live our lives focused on the indicatives of Scripture (what God has done), we will never truly be able to conform our lives to the imperatives (what we are to do). But neither will we [...]
Posted in The Christian Life, The Gospel, tagged Christianity, Theology on 25 March, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“…how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” - Hebrews 9:14
One of the great things about living in our time is the widespread recovery of the gospel that is taking place in many [...]
Posted in Quotations, The Christian Life, Theology, tagged Christianity, Providence, Sovereignty of God, John Flavel, Puritans on 29 January, 2008 | No Comments »
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
(Psalm 57:2)
From this verse John Flavel considers Providence’s good designs:
“‘Tis true we often prejudge its works, and unjustly censure its designs, and in many of our straits and troubles we say: ‘All these things are against us’; but indeed Providence neither [...]
Posted in Church, Pastoral Ministry, The Bible, The Christian Life, tagged Christianity on 22 January, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Christians are in the “growth” business. We are often concerned about our own spiritual growth, and those of us who pastor have a particular interest in the growth of others. But when we look at the progress being made in our own lives or the lives of our people, sometimes the only we thing we [...]
Posted in Books, The Christian Life, The Gospel, tagged Children, Parenting, Ted Tripp on 18 January, 2008 | No Comments »
Tedd Tripp talks about his new book, Instructing a Child’s Heart.
Thanks, Jon, for the link.
Posted in Pastoral Ministry, The Christian Life, The Gospel, tagged Christianity, Discouragement, Spurgeon on 10 January, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I wanted to pull my hair out. It was one of those days where everything seemed impossible. As I looked out over the landscape of the task God has called me to do, all I could see were giants in the land. “They’re too big and numerous,” I thought. To put it bluntly, I was [...]
