Horatius Bonar on the kinds of men used by the Holy Spirit: 1. They are in earnest: “They lived and labored and preached like men on whose lips the immortality of thousands hung.” 2. They are bent on success: “As warriors, they set their hearts on victory and fought with the believing anticipation of triumph, …
There’s something in Ray Ortlund’s observation below which shouldn’t be diminished with whatever warnings and qualifications you may want to add as riders. The compulsion to use Old Covenant attitudes to New Covenant living is strong, but misguided. And this is because, while Moses and Paul instructed the people of God under two covenants, Moses …
Ed Stetzer recently spent time in Melbourne and Sydney. He records some of his more light-hearted observations including the mandatory reference to Vegemite, along with comments about the price of Coke; our nanny-state preoccupation with public health campaigns; high culture; and the difference between truth and legend when it comes to a certain marsupial species. …
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