I love it when a new phrase pops up in my feed reader that just seems to express something simple yet important. This post from Mockingbird Blog explores the problem of people who are more enamoured with theology than with the Jesus their theology should point to. It’s not a screed against study, or anti-intellectual. …
Words from Sinclair Ferguson posted on the blog Tolle Lege. “Hebrews is all about persevering in sanctification. Without holiness, writes the author, ‘no one will see the Lord.’ We must therefore ‘strive’ for it (Hebrews 12:14). He uses vigorous language. His verb (διώκω, strive) appears regularly in the New Testament with the sense of ‘persecute.’ …
David Murray asks “Why do we take our individual, personality, character, gifts, or calling and make that the sum total of godliness for everyone else?” After numerous examples of what he means, he sums up: “Godliness should be measured not so much by what comes easiest to us but by the progress we’re making in …
Jen Oshman writes about the product of a tendency to desire a comfortable, easy to manage life – a comfortable easy to manage God. From the article: There’s a destructive cycle often lived out in Western, wealthy Christianity – and in my own heart. Here’s the cycle: We Christians believe we have a small calling, …
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