How constant and ever present the allure of sin. So God intends to grow in His children an enduring, sin denying, sin killing faith. Lord help me endure, faithful to the end. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings […]
Ten quotes from Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I recently finished reading Life Together, a classic work from Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Christian community. It’s made it onto my list of titles I need to re-read every couple of years. Here are just ten quotes that challenged and encouraged me. Where the heart is not singing there is no melody, there is only a […]
20 Quotes from Taking God At His Word by Kevin DeYoung
Often when I’m reading an ebook I use the highlight feature to mark passages that I’d like to review again later. This helps me pay closer attention to what I’m reading. It’s also encouraging to look back later to see what first caught my eye. Kevin DeYoung’s book Taking God At His Word was an […]
The Secret to Powerful Preaching
David Murray shares “the secret to powerful preaching” — here’s his lead paragraph: There is no secret behind powerful preaching – apart from secret prayer. The biggest mistake we can make as preachers is to think that we can learn to preach powerfully from books, from seminars, or from lectures on preaching. No, for preaching […]
Delivered From The Fear of Death
Praise God for freedom from sin and the fear of death! Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death […]
His Spirit In Me
Thumbing through my copy of John Stott’s classic book Basic Christianity after recommending it to someone today I found this passage I had highlighted when I last read it. I thank God for the work of the Holy Spirit in me. It is by the Spirit of Christ that we can be transformed into the […]