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Evangelical Faith Requires an Authoritative Bible
Friday is for Heart Songs Here is a great passage from J.C. Ryle on the absolute supremacy of the word of God to evangelical faith. I picked this up from Eric T. Young over at Reformed Bibliophile. The...
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Some Basic Words on Preaching the Word in a History Channel World
Tuesday is for Preaching I am thankful for the discussions that the history channel’s mini-series on the Bible is stimulating. Nevertheless, it is clear from the whatever niggling we might do about...
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It’s 4:16 AM and I Want to Sleep
Weekend Musings Friday, I had a day off and got some long overdue projects done around the house. Saturday I paid the price of some of those projects with an achy back. But I also got to meet with...
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Everything We Believe in Submission to the Word of God
Tuesday is for Hearing the Word We have in C.S. Lewis’s words, “a prejudice against older books.” That is a problem. Too often we cut ourselves off from the greatness of brothers and sisters who...
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Thinking about the New Year and Biblical Illiteracy
Sunday Musings In January, we will begin a new challenge for the church to read through the Bible in a year. This is so important. It is important because . . . the law of the Lord is perfect (Psalm...
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Eat This Book and Change Your Life Forever
Friday is for Heart Songs “The average person reads 200 to 250 words per minute; there are about 775,000 words in the Bible; therefore it takes less than 10 minutes a day to read the whole Bible in a...
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“Either this is not the Gospel, or we are not Christians.”
Tuesday is for Thinking To those who think the Bible makes no difference: a note from history. Thomas Linacre (pronounced, “Lynaker”) was a British humanist and physician. During his own time, he was...
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Looking at the Book and Mining Gold
Really excited about the concept behind this new video from Desiring God Ministry. Look at the Book This is a great opportunity to reexamine, reenergize and enhance your joy in studying the Bible. If...
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Bibles for the World
Thursday is for Mission Recently, I had the honor and privilege of lending my voice to the ministry of VVMI (Vernacular Video Ministry International). Here’s the result. Pray for the translation and...
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The Real Strength of a Church
Wednesday is for Bible “The real strength of the Church is not the amount of its work but the quality of its faith. One man who truly knows his Bible is worth more to the Church’s real strength than a...
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As Promised—-Back by Popular Demand: Weekend Links: John Piper, Trevan Wax,...
Weekend Links For years I have trained others to be “theologically driven and pragmatically informed.” I was seeking to develop disciples who who be able to fight the bent of much of the pop-church...
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“Seek God, Not Happiness”
Revised and reposted because Bonhoeffer is always relevant and he points us to the importance of the word of God in achieving any lasting happiness. Happiness is not achieved by seeking it but by...
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Bible Abuse: When Scripture Quoting Get’s In the Way of Understanding
Saturday is for Thinking “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” . Philippians […]
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The Consequences of a Lazy Spirituality
Sunday Afternoon Musings “The home that has had no God, no church, no spiritual teaching, no Bible, and no hunger for God is headed straight for disaster. … teen-agers raised in such home are going to...
View ArticleI Found Some Old Friends in a Box Today
We just purchased a house and the boxes we packed in Illinois are beginning to be unboxed and now adorn our new home in South Carolina. With a busy schedule, life unfolds out of the boxes in our garage...
View ArticleStop Studying the Bible?
Yes. Instead, do what the Bible tells you to do. Meditate on it. Here’s a link to a short article that will tell you why and I couldn’t agree more. (Link) And here is another brief meditation on the...
View ArticleStop Trying to “Get a Message”
Thoughts on Preaching I keep running into pastors who are trying to “get a message” for Sunday morning. Please stop. Please stop trying to impress, or “wow”, or prove yourself clever, or make them cry,...
View ArticleBible Window-Shoppers
This: “A familiar figure on the streets is the window-shopper who moves along gazing fondly in each show-window but buying nothing. In the realm of things spiritual we have with us the Bible...
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