by ccpwebteam | Sep 6, 2012 | Spiritual Life
Here’s some great encouragement to pursue Christian unity, from an English Puritan named Thomas Brooks. This is taken from one of the “Pocket Puritan” paperbacks we have in the bookstore. They have small selections from highlights of the longer works...
by ccpwebteam | Aug 29, 2012 | Spiritual Life
Following up on Monday’s overview of 1 Peter, here’s some good observations from one of the commentaries I’m using. There’s a great life-nugget in here, as encapsulated in the title of this post. Read on for the explanation: The Christians to...
by ccpwebteam | Aug 23, 2012 | Spiritual Life
Richard Baxter, a puritan pastor England in the 17th century, loved to give practical, pastoral advice. Here’s his take on how to spend the day with God: How to Spend the Day with God. A holy life is inclined to be made easier when we know the usual sequence and...
by ccpwebteam | Aug 20, 2012 | Spiritual Life
During the High School ministry trip I was on at the beginning of the month, Jayme Lykon gave a devotional study for the girls in which she read this quote about the Ann Judson, the first wife of Adoniram Judson. The Judson’s were American missionaries to Burma...
by ccpwebteam | Aug 17, 2012 | Spiritual Life
I saw this on another blog the other day and thought it was well worth passing along. Another great section from J. I. Packer’s Knowing God: What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which...
by ccpwebteam | Aug 13, 2012 | Evangelism, Spiritual Life
Tonight I plan on finishing our look at Christian Epistemology with a bible study looking at something we briefly touched on last week–how the Holy Spirit is essential in a Christian’s ability to know things. While studying, I was reminded of this post...
