”Lord, how excellent are Thy ways, and how devious and dark are the ways of man. Show us how to die, that we may rise again to newness of life. Rend the veil of our self-life from the top down as Thou didst rend the veil of the Temple. We would draw near in full […]
Your iniquities have turned these away
I was reading in Jeremiah this morning and these passages jumped out at me. Of course they are out of context here, but principles are still principles. What God does with one nation, especially his favorite nation, is more than likely the same thing he will do with any other nation. The fact that we […]
A Hint of Something More
I have risked the tedium of quotation that I might show by pointed example what I have set out to say, viz., that God is so vastly wonderful, so utterly and completely delightful that He can, without anything other than Himself, meet and overflow the deepest demands of our total nature, mysterious and deep as […]
On The Way
“[as you drive to your Bible study] Ask God to send his Holy Spirit in power. Ask him to direct your leader. Ask him to bless the other members. And ask him to help you participate enthusiastically in worship. I can almost guarantee that a few minutes of prayer on the way will revolutionize your […]
Transformation starts with hearts
“The Bible has a theology of change, which we can summarize with one word: ‘Transformation.’ Transformation starts with hearts—changed leaders change people who change churches who change communities” (Robert Kelleman, Equipping Counselors for Your Church, p. 134).
Not a Cloistered Life
It is not simply to be taken for granted that the Christian has the privilege of living among other Christians. Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the Cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evil doers and mockers. For this cause he had […]
Change
“We then discuss the implications that we can derive for change management. People mention applications such as these: Change takes an initiator. The initiator of change must be trusted. Change requires clear instructions. People can handle only so much change—don’t overload. Change takes energy and creativity. Change can be minor yet feel dramatic. Change can […]
There is celebration in the forgiveness
“’Confession begins in sorrow,’ writes Richard Foster, ‘but it ends in joy. There is celebration in the forgiveness of sins because it results in a genuinely changed life.’ Not only will you receive God’s grace as you confess sin, but the whole group will be provoked.” (Greg Somerville in C.J. Mahaney Ed., Why Small Groups?, […]
as the bugs and fungi were burned away
“The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God and the Church is famishing for want of His Presence. The instant cure of most of our religious ills would be to enter the Presence in spiritual experience, to become suddenly aware that we are in God and that God is in us. This […]