Sometimes we seek the miraculous to remove the signposts which point us to Jesus, instead of wanting the Jesus we’re being pointed to. From Zack Eswine’s Sensing Jesus. This presence of inconsolable things reminds us that healing is not the same as heaven. Miracles are real and powerful, but they do not remove the inconsolable …
The difference between scholar and sage; and sage and grumbler by Mark Buchanan. Most real wisdom, the deep stuff, is formed in a crucible. It is shaped out of pain. We can know many things – things learned in books, things gleaned from observation or conversation, things fitted together through contemplation. All is good, and …
Practical observations from Kathy Keller (wife of NY Redeemer Presbyterian pastor, Timothy) about the danger of getting used to pastoring while on empty. The day will come when you have to deliver a sermon, or counsel someone in need, or listen to a heartsick soul, and you will be in no fit condition to do …
Justin Taylor put together a few recent posts by others about the danger of gossip and how to respond to it: Kent Hughes: Gossip involves saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face. Flattery means saying to a person’s face what you would never say behind his or …
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