John 1:14 "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" Every Advent season, Christians across the globe reorient themselves around the truth that the Word became flesh. But have we become so familiar with this truth that we have missed the scandal of it? Do we/you know how big of a deal it is that Jesus came to earth? Let me give you my number 1 ... Continue Reading
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Ray Ortlund on The Gospel
I need to hear this kind of stuff every day.From The Gospel pg 32"Only the Christian gospel is based-clearly, boldly, and insistently- on how loving God is to the undeserving. If you thought you could earn, demand, and fight your way through life on the basis of your own entitlements and cleverness, but now you find within yourself not light but ... Continue Reading
Nebuchadnezzar on the Power of God to Humble the Proud
Daniel 4:37 "Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just: and those who walk in pride he is able to humble"This is the same King of Babylon who has just declared in vs 30 "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the ... Continue Reading
Jesus Tells us the Reason for the Parables.
The Purpose of the Parables [10] Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” [11] And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. [12] For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who ... Continue Reading
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Invite Yourself Into Suffering
1 Pet. 2:20-21 "For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps." A few years ... Continue Reading
C.S. Lewis on the importance of Theology
From Mere Christianity "Everyone has warned me not to tell you what I am going to tell you in this last book. They all say "The ordinary reader does not want Theology: give him plain practical religion." I have rejected their advice. I do not think the ordinary reader is such a fool. Theology means "The science of God," and I think any man who ... Continue Reading
Jeremiah 44:15-19 The Seductiveness of Pragmatism
Jer. 44:15-19 "Then all the men knew that their wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in Pathros in the land of Egypt, and answered Jeremiah: "As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you. But we will do ... Continue Reading
Walt Whitman on Beholding Christ. Well… Not Really
2 Cor 3:18 "And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the Glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another."When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman"When I heard the learn'd astronomer,When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before men,When I was shown the charts and diagrams, ... Continue Reading
Pastor: Don’t feel guilty for taking care of your family first.
To my Pastor/Elder friends in churches that this may apply.To my bothers and sisters in Christ who mistakenly expect wrong things from your pastor/elders.To myself who needs to be reminded of this as a church member. 1 Tim 3:4-5 "He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know ... Continue Reading