Today is a day we celebrate the actions of a man who bravely and effectively turned the mind of a nation in a more godly direction. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr is celebrated today across the States, in both urban and rural communities. Perhaps today you even are enjoying a day free from work in … Continue reading »
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Resources for Ministering to the Suffering – 9Marks
My friend, NW Bingham, tweeted a link to the 9Marks website on which was shared some resources for ministering to the suffering. I have used or read most of them and benefited greatly from them personally. One of the blessings of the internet is finding new resources and I found a couple that I will … Continue reading »
Christians Get Depressed Too – Tim Challies
I read this post in my blog reader early this a.m. It provides serious food for thought, especially the second paragraph. It comes on the heels of my studying Lamentations 3 and Jeremiah’s depression. Here’s the article copied in it’s entirety from Challies’ blog. I, too, have read this book and recommend it highly. One … Continue reading »
How Does the Community View Our Church?
I grew up in a “separatist” Church. Secondary separation was normal, as was protesting, if not boycotting, various stores, restaurants or manufacturers of toothpaste. We tapered our hair, forced girls to wear culottes, and demanded only one version of the bible was good enough to use. This English bible was so good that if you … Continue reading »
Spring Break Souvenirs: Sproul, Piper, MacArthur and more…
I wasn’t planning on updating the blog, outside of some scheduled posts, while on Spring Break, but I had to pass along the great souvenirs I picked up in the Holy Spirit Thrift Store in Foley, Alabama: Truths We Confess by R.C. Sproul (hardcover; appears to never been opened) – $1.00 Let the Nations be … Continue reading »
The Reality of Pain: How to Help
I have been contemplating developing a curriculum to teach at Calvary Baptist Church that deals with a theology of suffering. I truly believe that the Western Church, in general, does not know how to handle suffering, pain, and grief in it’s midst. To spur my thoughts, I have been reading some of the works that … Continue reading »
What did Christ accomplish for us by suffering?
Everything – everything – that Christ accomplished for us sinners he accomplished by suffering. Everything that we will ever enjoy will come to us because of suffering. I read the statement above and sat back to mull it over. It comes from Suffering and the Sovereignty of God edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor. … Continue reading »
John Piper’s “Jesus: the Only Way to God” audiobook FREE
ChristianAudio is making John Piper‘s book, Jesus: the Only Way to God available for free for the rest of the month of March. This powerful & short audiobook illustrates clear biblical doctrines of salvation, the gospel, faith, and hell, and is imperative for thinking rightly about the eternal purposes of God. No doubt this work … Continue reading »
John Piper’s remix of Bob Dylan’s Gotta Serve Somebody
I enjoyed reading Piper’s entry on March 8 as he spoke of Dylan, Lennon, the Apostle Paul, and Jesus Christ: In 1979 Bob Dylan recorded the song “Gotta Serve Somebody.” For those who listen with biblically informed ears the refrain echoes Paul and Jesus: Paul: “You are slaves of the one whom you obey, either … Continue reading »
For Logos users: FREE eBook – Robert Murray McCheyne
For those of you who use Logos Bible Software: Logos Bible Software is partnering with Desiring God Ministries to provide Memoir and Remains of the Rev.Robert Murray McCheyne as a Logos ebook. This is a limited offer lasting only two weeks. I have a hardback copy of the Memoirs of McCheyne – Including His Letters … Continue reading »
