I know many of you will find this interesting. His graciousness and steady walk in the direction God has taken him since taking him by the hand is a great encouragement. As Piper transitions out of lead ministry, Bridges speaks about his experience of Christian living. His writings focus on the responsible dependency, on the …
I love the juxtapositions my rss reader tosses up. First, from Trevin Wax: Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a mile post on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me. – …
Tim Keller takes a fair bit of John Newton, adds something of his own, and comes up with a list to assist with self-evaluation of one’s own character. If you’re into new-year oriented self-reflection this would be helpful in framing some resolutions. And don’t spend time applying these to someone else. That’s too easy. This …
Offering all the usual sorts of caveats about first order issues, Daniel Darling writes about those situations where people don’t like something (of secondary importance) about the church to which they belong: This is what I tell people who tell me there is something about our church they don’t like or about their church they …
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