Around the Horn (October 14)
7 Things Your Church Needs From You Tim Challies writes, "Not too long ago I had the opportunity to speak to a gathering of young adults from several churches across our city. I chose to
7 Things Your Church Needs From You Tim Challies writes, "Not too long ago I had the opportunity to speak to a gathering of young adults from several churches across our city. I chose to
As the Scriptures abound in representations of Divine truth, and of its influence in sanctifying and saving the souls of men, so they are no less explicit in declaring the unholy and destructive influence of
Ploughing, Plodding, and Revival As this post notes, the day after day plodding is good, right and necessary for survival. He author writes, "Much of the Christian life is plodding. And that’s ok because there’s
More particularly, The love of God is a spiritual exercise; for it has the promise of spiritual blessings. “All things work together for good to them that love God.” “He that dwelleth in love dwelleth
Love the real not the ideal We tend to idealize many things in life, but loving an idea of the church is not loving the church. As this post notes, "But all of our naive
The truth is, though eternal life be the gift of God, yet eternal death is the proper wages of sin; and though faith is not represented in the above passage as the procuring cause of
What's the Problem? Dealing with Life Who said life was supposed to lack difficulties? "The truth behind all of this is that we have been given all of the spiritual resources necessary to overcome our
Dishonesty of heart is that on account of which men receive not the word of God, so as to bring forth fruit. This is fully implied in the parable of the sower, recorded in the
Preaching Is Not Just Information Transfer Here Colin Hansan notes, "The best preacher for you is the preacher who is faithful to God’s Word. Even better if he’s willing to meet you over coffee or