The Christian who is alive enough to know himself even slightly will recognize the symptoms of this possession malady, and will grieve to find them in his own heart. If the longing after God is strong enough within him he will want to do something about the matter. Now, what should he do? First of […]
The Essence of Fellowship
“‘Walking in the light’—obeying God’s word and confessing our sins when we disobey—should result in fellowship. In short, fellowship with others begins with an honest, open, obedient relationship with God rooted in the truth of his Word. How we share that relationship with others—how we wrestle with understanding truth and struggle to apply it to […]
Begin in mercy
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. 0 God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I […]
Only God Himself
We need not fear that in seeking God only we may narrow our lives or restrict the motions of our expanding hearts. The opposite is true. We can well afford to make God our All, to concentrate, to sacrifice the many for the One. The author of the quaint old English classic, The Cloud of […]
The Biblical Christian Life
The way we play with sin is very interesting. Of course we love our sin, but God doesn’t. We want God’s favor, but he won’t play with us as long as we continue in our sin. So we rename it. Instead of calling it bitterness, we call it our Irishness coming out. Instead of calling […]
Freedom From Sinful Desires Pt. 2
About one of my previous posts, Valerie Kyriosity asked: What if they changed the word “desire” to “attraction,” or even to “temptation”? And what if it were clear that it was an attraction or temptation that they were committed to vigorously resisting? Good question Valerie. The words you suggest are all synonyms of the […]
taste and know
“For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God Himself, and unless and until the hearers find God in personal experience, they are not the better for having heard the truth. The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of […]
Knowing Him Better
“Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him the finding was all the sweeter for […]
Demythologizing Counseling
Biblical counseling – is it just for the pastors and elders? Or for trained professionals? What does it look like to restore counseling to the local church? Church leaders and lay people alike need to broaden their definition of “counseling.” Counseling is found in both the formal and interpersonal interactions and advice we give and […]