Andrew Fuller Friday: The Scriptures as a Mirror
If a brazen mirror were found in some remote, uninhabited island, it might be a doubtful matter how it came thither; but if it properly reflected objects, there could be no doubt of its being
Around the Horn (September 22)
Emerging From Our Trials Unscathed Here Tim Challis notes, "We are to pass through our trials unscathed by them all, unsullied and unharmed. We will not be unchanged, of course, and neither should we be.
Andrew Fuller Friday: On the Ardent Struggle to Spread the Gospel
The promise was not accomplished, at last, but by means of ardent, deadly, and persevering struggles; and such must be the efforts of the church of Christ, ere she will gain the victory over the
Around the Horn (September 15)
We Grow Up in Christ by Growing Down in Lowliness In this post, Randy Alcorn shares some thoughts from J.I. Packer on how growing small is the key to Christian greatness. Beware the Habits of
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Suffering in Light of Eternity
Such is the magnitude of the glory to be revealed in us, that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with it. In speaking of these opposites, the apostle, as
Around the Horn (September 8)
Let Christ Shine Through Family Habits "Ordinary daily habits are like liturgies. “They are little routines of worship, and worship changes what we love” (11). That’s Justin Whitmel Earley’s premise in his book Habits of the
Andrew Fuller Friday: On Vain Thoughts
With respect to the present world, consider what multitudes of thoughts are employed in vain. 1. In seeking satisfaction where it is not to be found.—Most of the schemes and devices of depraved man go
Around the Horn (September 1)
The Antifragile Christian "As great as it sounds, antifragility is increasingly lean these days. More and more examiners of our culture bemoan, instead of antifragility, a brittleness that has seeped into the West. Intolerant of
Andrew Fuller Friday: On God’s Timing and Promises
The promise to Israel was gradually fulfilled; and the same is observable of that which is made to Christ and his people. It was almost five hundred years, from the time that God entered into
Around the Horn (August 25)
How John Owen Prepared Sermons "Here is the great theologian and the profound scholar, sitting down as a pastor of God's people, and asking, first and foremost, what has blessed me, and will it bless