An couple of opportunities to speak about the gospel to people
I wasn’t injured in a slight biking mishap this week (though my back rim was really mangled badly). I started to walk back to the house where we were staying with family and a man stopped, through my bike on his trailer and took me [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Things I am thankful for this week
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Greatest need in the church
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Earlier in the week, I asked this question: What is the most pressing need in the contemporary American church today? I appreciate those who left comments which you can read here.
To add one more voice to the conversation, D. A. Carson thinks, “The greatest need for the church today is a deeper knowledge of God.”
Trusting God’s heart
Posted in Christian life, depression, hope, worry, tagged spurgeon on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“When you cannot trace God’s hand, you must trust God’s heart.”–Charles Spurgeon
Hymn for Lord’s Day Eve
Posted in hymns on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Face to face with Christ, my Savior,
Face to face—what will it be,
When with rapture I behold Him,
Jesus Christ Who died for me?
Refrain
Face to face I shall behold Him,
Far beyond the starry sky;
Face to face in all His glory,
I shall see Him by and by!
Only faintly now I see Him,
With the darkened veil between,
But a blessèd [...]
Cut something out!
Posted in Prayer on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“It matters little whether you are the mother of active children who drain away your energy, an important exectuive in a major multinational corporation, a graduate student cramming for impending comprehensivs, a plumber working overtime to put your children through college, or a pastor of a large church putting in ninety-hour weeks: at then end [...]
God and our greatest need
Posted in the gospel on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“If God had perceived that our greatest need was economic, he would have sent an economist. If he had perceived that our greatest need was entertainment, he would have sent us a comedian or actor. If God had perceived that our greatest need was political stability, he would have sent us a politician. If he [...]
Question: what do you thank God for?
Posted in Christian life, Prayer on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For what have you thanked God for recently?
Do you most or primarily thank God for material, temporal and earthly blessings? D. A. Carson convicts us, “The unvarnished truth is that what we most frequently give thanks for betrays what we most highly value. If a large percentage of our thanksgiving is for material prosperity, it [...]
Praying for others
Posted in Prayer, tagged Carson, intercession, Prayer on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As a read another chapter today in A Call to Spiritual Reformation by D. A. Carson, I was struck with how frequently and how devotedly Paul prayed for others. Simply stated, if we would learn to pray with Paul, we must learn to pray for others. We will be convinced that part of our spiritual [...]
Who is Jesus?
Posted in quotes on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What think ye of Christ? is the test;
to try both your state and your scheme;
You cannot be right in rest
unless you think rightly of him!
–John Newton
Journal gems from Chuck
Posted in Chuck Spacht on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most influential books in all of recent Christian history was The Dairy of David Brainerd which Jonathan Edwards edited. David Brainerd died very young and spent the last few months of his life in the home of Jonathan Edwards. Edwards’ daughter Jerusha, whom Brainered loved and desired to marry, cared for David [...]
