by ccpwebteam | Apr 2, 2012 | Spiritual Life
Biblical wisdom is the best advice. Ahead of tonight’s study on how the lordship of Christ affects our relationships, here’s a look at four qualities of a good friend we find in Proverbs (from Derek Kidner’s Commentary): Constancy is his first...
by ccpwebteam | Mar 28, 2012 | Book Recommendations, Spiritual Life
John Owen’s On The Mortification of Sin in Believers is one of the most spirtually helpful books I’ve ever read. It is basically an extended study on Romans 8:13, “If you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death...
by ccpwebteam | Mar 27, 2012 | Spiritual Life
I got into a conversation with Josh Nelson last night about Richard Baxter and the huge book he tried to write, covering every area of life, giving practical advice for Christians. Here is a link to a bunch of it: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/baxter/practical.toc.html...
by ccpwebteam | Mar 26, 2012 | Spiritual Life
While I was preparing for the study tonight, Mike Focht told me about this quote from A.W. Tozer. Google found it for me. It’s right in line with tonight’s study… “It is my experience that the totality of our Christian lives-our entire attitude...
by ccpwebteam | Mar 23, 2012 | Spiritual Life
Here’s some great practical advice from J.C. Ryle on what it means to “Love Jesus.” 1. If we love a person, we like to think about them. We do not need to be reminded of them. We do not forget their name or their appearance or their character or...
by ccpwebteam | Feb 24, 2012 | Book Recommendations, Spiritual Life
Monday night I quoted from A.B. Simpson’s book Wholly Sanctified. Seriously, this 121-page book is well worth the dollars and minutes youll spend reading it. I recommend it as a great meal for the soul. Here’s what I quoted last night, and two other of my...
