Zack Eswine writes about the growth that can, but doesn’t always follow a burnout experience. “Just because we fall, that doesn’t mean we are necessarily wise now. We have to be teachable to the thing that God’s doing.” The lesson translates to other experiences. Are You Teachable? I don’t wish a breakdown or burnout on …

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Ed Stetzer wrote about the funeral of Cliff Barrows, an integral member of the Billy Graham Evangelistic movement. A striking point illustrated how Barrows’ ego was submissive to the cause of the kingdom: Most clearly, Cliff was not about Cliff. One of the speakers said that the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association originally had the name …

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More on God’s grace and our response from Bryan Chapell. The phrase ‘done before do’ or something like it seemed very familiar, but I can’t see a past post using exactly that form. Here’s the text of the video clip. Getting the Order Right When you see the message of grace unfolding in the Bible …

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Westminster Larger Catechism – Lord’s Day 43 Q & A 171 Q How are they that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper to prepare themselves before they come unto it? A They that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining themselves of their being …

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