by ccpwebteam | Nov 23, 2018 | Spiritual Life
Is it spiritual for followers of Jesus to examine themselves–to check the state of their walk with Christ in light of scripture? Of course. But can this be overdone? Can it become a distraction, and an unhealthy preoccupation? Could it actually keep us from...
by ccpwebteam | Nov 20, 2018 | Holy Spirit, Spiritual Life
Here’s an interesting look at Romans 8:26, in which Paul writes: “Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be...
by ccpwebteam | Nov 7, 2018 | Spiritual Life
In his forward to Depression, Anxiety, and the Christian Life, J.I. Packer makes some interesting observations about the what Puritan pastors in 17th-century England worked to try to foster in the people who attended their churches. Their focus, he writes, began with...
by ccpwebteam | Jul 17, 2018 | Growing Up, Spiritual Life
Samuel James has an excellent article on a needed topic: How to Leave Porn Behind. James writes: The sin of pornography goes much deeper than the singular moments of watching and downloading. It’s about entire daily patterns of unbelief, laziness, self-absorption, and...
by ccpwebteam | May 25, 2018 | Christian History, Practical Spirituality, Spiritual Life
Have you ever heard of communal reading? Evidently, it was the norm among the first Christian believers. Check this out, from an interesting, and important, interview: Can you give a picture of what a first-century communal reading would look like? It would have...
by ccpwebteam | Jan 9, 2018 | Spiritual Life
Check out these insights by Bruce Waltke, on Proverbs 10:11, a verse that includes this nugget: “The mouth of the righteous is a well of life.” Waltke observes: The dependence of life on water is experienced existentially all over the earth, especially in...
