Desiring God Blog recently posted this sketch of a recent sermon: How Important Is Church Membership? Part of what it means to belong to the body of Christ is to belong to a local body, because God intends the local church to be an expression of his universal church. The New Testament gives at least […]
Reviews of The Shack
I was asked about the book “The Shack” today and I thought it helpful to point to a few worthwhile reviews here. The first I’d suggest is the audio Al Mohler’s radio program when he reviewed the book. Get it here: A Look at “The Shack” The second review is Tim Challies review available on […]
Tap Root
The following is a summer challenge I issued to our church family by email this week. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been enjoying an early morning, fast paced walk with Carolyn on a pleasant trail in the woods near the house. It’s really all I can do to keep up — she’s been […]
How I know my dad loves me
I had a good talk with my dad on the phone yesterday afternoon on Father’s Day. I suppose it’s traditional to list the reasons why you love your Dad but I want to tell you why I know my Dad loves me. My Dad prays for me every day.
Together for the Gospel 08 audio
All the audio for the Together for the Gospel conference is now available here. Andy Naselli has kindly placed the links to the audio in chronological order.
Thrifty shopping for God’s glory
A nice article and a neat photo of John Piper doing some thrifty shopping here. I was able to do a bit of cross-country skiing this winter because of some good thrift store discoveries.
Writing your prayers for others
Ray Pritchard shares a special prayer written for he and his wife as they prepared for a ministry trip to the Czech Republic. This is such a good idea that I lan to use it myself soon. Ray writes, How often have we said those four words? Christians routinely promise to pray for others. And […]
The rain is welcome in the north country this morning
The rain is welcome in the north country this morning as there were fires just north of us last night that burned about 1100 acres.