This post from Ray Ortlund seems to be hitting a nerve around the church. I suggest this post from Josh Harris as a palate cleanser: Wrong Reasons To Love The Church Do you love the church? Romans 12:10 tells Christians to “Love one another with brotherly affection.” The affection and love we’re to have for …
From Scotty Smith. A Prayer About Freedom from People-Approval We speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts. You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness. …
Remembering that the only life you can fully control and take responsibility for as you live with Jesus as your Lord and Saviour is your own. Iain D. Campbell writes: “While browsing the old gravestones in the Ui Cemetery this morning, I was taken with the inscription on a stone to the memory of a …
At Calvinism & The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, David Meredith offers a reflection on what is a most bittersweet experience for a bibliophile: a bookstore closing-down sale. The attraction of cheap books weighs heavily against the thought of one less bookshop. (Though I must admit that online purchasing accounts for the bulk of my aquisitions …
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