Laos Theou, the People of God.

by | Jan 20, 2021 | Spiritual Life

What is the church? Here is an excellent passage from John Webster’s book Holiness: There is a Church. Within the ambiguous kingdom of human time and society there exists an assembly, a congregation of men and women who constitute the covenant people and the...

What Matters Most

by | Jan 15, 2021 | Spiritual Life

I would say it’s a safe bet to think that issues of health, life, and death, have been “front burner” for most us in the last calendar year. This passage from Alistair Begg’s, book Pray Big: Learn to Pray Like an Apostle offers some great,...

Making New Year’s Resolutions?

by | Dec 30, 2020 | Spiritual Life

Friends, can you believe we’re staring down the barrel of another new year? A lot of us have thrown shade at 2020, I know. But the truth is, in some way, nothing’s changing as we head into 2021…except what we make of the time God gives us, and what...

“I never made a sacrifice.”

by | Dec 29, 2020 | Missions, Spiritual Life

John Piper writes this, about David Livingstone: David Livingstone was born March 19, 1813. He gave his life to serve Christ in the exploration of Africa for the sake of creating access to the gospel. He was the first European to cross the width of Africa, and the...

Only a dead church can disappear.

by | Dec 1, 2020 | Spiritual Life

I recently picked up a new collection of writings from A.W. Tozer called “Culture.” (I admit the title grabbed me.) Thought he died in 1963, Tozer’s writings remain incredibly timely and relevant. For instance, check out this chapter from the book,...

“Imagine God speaking to you right now…”

by | Oct 28, 2020 | Spiritual Life

I mentioned this passage from John Frame’s book The Doctrine of the Word of God (which I also posted last year) during the study on Monday night. Here it is… God’s speech to man is real speech. It is very much like one person speaking to another. God...