by Brian | 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...
by Brian | 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...
by Brian | 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,...
by Brian | 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...
by Brian | Oct 20, 2020 | Spiritual Life
Proverbs 10:19 is pretty famous in Christians circles, and for good reason: it’s very practical. It reads: In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise. Other translations have it: When words are many, sin is not lacking....
by Brian | Sep 21, 2020 | Spiritual Life
What does it mean when we say that the church is “holy”? I encourage you to press through some of this (kind of thick) language from Thomas Oden, to get to the meat within. The basic idea is this: though the church does not willingly love, tolerate, or...
