Dear Wilbur and Wilhemina, I’m copying this note to your pastor so he will be more able to help you all from his end. Thank you for taking so much time to come and visit with me. I know that took a long time and caused you a lot of stress. The whole trip must […]
“I hate my job. I go to work every morning, push buttons all day long, go home. When I get home, I’m so tired from the monotony of my ugly job, all I can do is sit in front of the TV and veg out.” Many people have this view of their jobs. Sometimes they […]
I was reading The Freedom And Power of Forgiveness, by John MacArthur this afternoon and came across a number of quotations I thought were especially helpful. Here they are: “Since God commands us to forgive others, refusing to do so is an act of direct disobedience against Him. Let me say it plainly: refusing to […]
Here are some more quotes from Dr. Powlison’s article on Psalm 119. Besides reading Psalm 119 over and over again, I highly encourage your purchasing David’s article, Powlison, D. (2004). Suffering and Psalm 119. The Journal of Biblical Counseling, Number 4, Fall 2004. “Raw, unsmelted honesty is always perverted by the insanity of sin. Should […]
“…is where I go to learn utter and utterly appropriate honesty. Here I learn how to open my heart about what matters, to the person I most trust. I plainly affirm what I most deeply love. I’m candid about my deepest ongoing struggles. I express pure delight. I lay the sufferings and uncertainties I face […]
When Bill opened the door and Julie realized who it was, she jumped out of her chair, which she had just sat down on to take a short break, and ran to Bill with her arms open and a big smile on her face. She said, “You’re home! I love it when you come home! […]
The following are areas of the Christian walk the normal Christian is participating in. When Jesus said, “let him deny himself, and take up your cross daily, and follow me” (Lk 9:23), this is what he was talking about. There is a temptation to read this list and turn it into a series of academic […]
After a long, difficult day at the office, Bill comes home to a house filled with boisterous children and a really pooped wife. By long and difficult I mean that Bill’s job, in the normal state of affairs, takes 90 minutes to get to. But today, there was an accident on the way home that […]
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