In my daily devotions this year I’m spending one month in each of the shorter epistles. For the month of January I am reading Paul’s letter to the church at Galatia. I want to periodically post something that I come across in my reading that challenges me or that I find interesting. This morning I […]
In my daily Bible reading this morning I came across the passage in Revelation 3 where Christ rebukes the church at Ephesus for abandoning their first love. This passage is a good reminder for all of us to remain focused on what makes us christians.
In 1 Peter 1:15-19 the Apostle Peter reminds his readers that they are to be holy because the one who called them is holy (vv. 15-16). Peter then predicates this command to be holy upon what Christ did for them on the cross. He says that they were purchased, not with perishable things such as […]
As I sit here on this thanksgiving day I can’t help but reflect on what God has taught me. The past year has been filled with extreme joy and extreme sadness. I’ve rejoiced and I’ve wept. I’ve cried with friends and celebrated with others. And I am thankful that through it all God has been […]
Here is a great article by Tony Reinke on why men struggle with reading. He provides four reasons for this struggle. They do not know where to begin. Because visual allurements are more appealing. Because they think it is a waste of time. Because they lack literary discipline.
The book of Ecclesiastes provides the reader with a difficult interpretive decision. What is the preacher of this sermon ultimately trying to communicate? In his book Knowing God, J. I. Packer provides two possibilities. First, the preacher could be an old man at the end of his life reflecting back and seeing that there was […]
Upon the conclusion of his nine month sabbatical in 2010 John Piper preached three sermons reflecting on several things he had learned about sanctification during his time off. Editors brought these three sermons together in the book Sanctification in the Everyday. In the book Piper is very honest about many of the sins he struggled […]
Here is a link to a great article posted on the Desiring God blog responding to an article in the New York Times. The NYT article criticized some conservative british politicians who want to reduce the time a woman can have an abortion from 24 weeks too 12 weeks. The criticism arises because within the […]