One of the greatest evidences of true Christianity is a changed life. One of the greatest proofs to a skeptical world is a changed life. One of the greatest hindrances to the world is the absence of a changed life. One opponent of Christianity said, “Scratch a Christian and you will find a pagan.” Michael [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Why 20-29 Year Olds Stop Coming To Church: Hypocrites
Posted: February 22, 2012 in SermonsTags: book of ephesians, Ed Stetzer, Ed Stetzer's Lost and Found, galatians 5, Hypocrites, John MacArthur, Michael Duduit, Preaching Magizine, Renald E. Showers' The New Nature, romans 7, there is only one god, true christianity
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Worshiping with Mary’s Heart and Serving with Martha’s Hands, Part 2
Posted: February 22, 2012 in Christ, LIfe of Christ, Spiritual DisciplinesTags: medes and persians, Warren Wiersbe
I. Laboring and Learning Out of Balance (verses 38-40a) II. Laboring and Learning Out of Balance Result in Complaining (v. 40b) A. Martha complains about Jesus (v. 40c) You have to say Martha is no respecter of persons: “Don’t you care, Jesus?” Of course He cares, Jesus is on His way to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51) [...]
Worshiping with Mary’s Heart and Serving with Martha’s Hands, Part 1
Posted: February 20, 2012 in Christ, LIfe of Christ, Spiritual DisciplinesTags: A. W. Tozer, Charles Spurgeon, Donald S. Whitney's Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Mark Driscoll, mary and martha, sibling rivalry, Stephen Davey, Susanna Wesley, things to do list
An elementary teacher was helping one of her kindergarten students get his cowboy boots on before leaving for home. He had asked her for help and she could see why. Even with her pulling and pushing, the boots just did not want to fit all the way – they seemed too small. She persisted and [...]
Fulton Street Prayer Meeting Revival
Posted: February 15, 2012 in Church MinistriesTags: Fulton Street Revival, Jeremiah Lanphier, Something Happens When Churches Pray, Warren W. Wiersbe
Warren Wiersbe has a book entitled Something Happens When Churches Pray in which he describes the blessings of God on the praying early church in the book of Acts. Later in 1857, something happened when churches prayed. What happened was a national revival of prayer meetings. Jeremiah Lanphier started a noon hour weekly prayer meeting [...]
A Hot Cup of Tea and Meditation
Posted: February 15, 2012 in Spiritual DisciplinesTags: donald s whitney, Donald S. Whitney's Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, psalm 1, psalm 119, spiritual discipline, spiritual disciplines for the christian life, Thomas Watson
Here are some more old and new thoughts on meditation as I have continued to think on this subject. Donald S. Whitney uses the analogy of preparing a hot cup of tea to illustrate meditation: You are the cup of hot water and the intake of Scripture is represented by the tea bag. Hearing God’s [...]
True Valentine Love!
Posted: February 14, 2012 in Christ, LIfe of ChristTags: great commandment, internet chat room, miserable marriage, Raymond Dunn Jr., s chat room, Valentine Love
It seems that two people found a perfect match recently. They found their true love in an Internet chat room. They were both married at the time they met online, and they were online because they had decided that their spouses would never provide the happiness they deserved. They went online searching for true love. [...]
Has Obama Declared War on Religion?
Posted: February 12, 2012 in NewsTags: abortion drugs, forms of contraception, Kathleen Sebelius, Marco Rubio, Obama's war on religion, preventive health services, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
On January 20, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of HHS made an announcement that ordered Faith-based institutions to provide health insurance coverage not only for contraceptives but also morning after chemical inducing abortion drugs: “Today the department is announcing that the final rule on preventive health services will ensure that women with health insurance coverage will have [...]
Meditation: The Secret of Jonathan Edwards’ Influence
Posted: February 10, 2012 in Spiritual DisciplinesTags: Donald S. Whitney's Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Jonathan Edwards, Meditation, Thomas Manton
It is easy for us who are bombarded with information not to meditate or process all the input to which we are exposed. We are inundated with news from our car radios, emails at work, texts and tweets from friends, web-site surfing, and podcasts and TV in the evenings. And don’t forget all the cell [...]
The Leader’s Pitfall: Mental Laziness
Posted: February 8, 2012 in Pastoral TheologyTags: D. L. Moody, Henry Blackaby's Spiritual Leadership, Homer Kent, R. C. Sproul, richard blackaby, spiritual disciplines, spiritual lethargy
“Every year thousands of leaders shipwreck their careers, their organizations, and their families by making careless, foolish choices.” This is the opening line in Henry & Richard Blackaby’s chapter entitled The Leader’s Pitfalls in Spiritual Leadership. They discuss ten pitfall leaders too many leaders crash into: Pride, Sexual sin, Cynicism, Greed, Mental laziness, Oversensitivity, Spiritual [...]
