by ccpwebteam | Aug 8, 2012 | Spiritual Life
Towards the beginning of his book Knowing God, J.I. Packer gives four evidences of a true knowledge of God. He says: 1. Those who know God have great energy for God. 2. Those who know God have great thoughts of God. 3. Those who know God show great boldness for God....
by ccpwebteam | Aug 3, 2012 | Bible Study, Resources, Spiritual Life
Some of us struggle with scripture reading simply because we feel like we’re not good readers. We get distracted. We lose track of what’s going on after four or five words. We have to read and re-read stuff four or five times. One thing we all need is to...
by ccpwebteam | Jul 25, 2012 | Spiritual Life
Francis Shaeffer, channelling the heart of this summer’s Young Adults studies: A number of years ago I was at a discussion group in Detroit. An older pastor was there. We discussed many intellectual and cultural problems and the answers given by Christianity....
by ccpwebteam | Jul 23, 2012 | Spiritual Life
We’ll continue tonight to look at how a Christian is able to claim to know things. In the meantime, here’s C.H. Mackintosh with some essential thoughts on what it means to know things about God, and how that should impact our relationship to Him: The...
by ccpwebteam | Jul 19, 2012 | Spiritual Life
One of the things that struck me in our recent study of Ephesians 6 was a particular thing Paul said about prayer in 6:18. Part of our armor, he says, is to be constantly praying for each other–“for all the saints.” With that in mind, in a recent...
by ccpwebteam | Jul 2, 2012 | Spiritual Life, Uncategorized
One of the biographies my friend (and Calvary Missions Pastor) Carlos Kalczuk will always recommend is John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides. Here is one of my favorite passages from the book, where Paton describes the house he grew up in, and the godly...
