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I am a Christian, husband, father, pastor, professor, & teacher who wants to help fellow pilgrims on our way to the Heavenly City.
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More Generous Than You Know
This last Sunday, one of our pastors, Derick Zeulner, preached a fantastic sermon on the abundance God has for us in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. During his sermon he shared one man’s testimony about his own father’s generosity. One … Continue reading
What If I Don’t Feel Like Worshipping?
“Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who is the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 134 Eugene Peterson: Do that for which you were … Continue reading
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The Saturday Post(s)
The Church is for Messy People. “Church should be a place where messy people feel comfortable. When I say “messy people”, I don’t mean people who are willfully engaging in unrepentant sin. I mean people who are seeking to follow Jesus, … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, albert mohler, apologetics, church, cs lewis, debate, growth, michael patton, motherhood, science, sin, suffering
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Jesus Isn’t Interested in Good People
Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 10:45 Rico Tice comments well on this passage: It upsets religious people enormously … Continue reading
The Backward, Upward, & Forward Look
J.C. Ryle: The early Christians made it a part of their religion to look for His return. Backward they looked to the cross and the atonement for sin, and rejoiced in Christ crucified. Upward they looked to Christ at the … Continue reading
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The Saturday Post(s)
Jesus, You Are Enough. Great article with a great challenge. “I’m challenged myself as I gaze around my room at the heaps of stuff – some of it useful, some of it decorative, some of it of sentimental value, some … Continue reading
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15 Things to Remember When Criticized
Mark Altrogge serves us well with these 15 things to remember when we are criticized: View correction as a good thing: Ps 141:5 says: “Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my … Continue reading
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Tagged criticism, growth, humility, mark altrogge, Sanctification, teachable
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Do You Plan to Pray?
Few things have been as helpful for my practice of prayer than these few paragraphs. I hope they bless you as they bless me. D.A. Carson: Much praying is not done because we don’t plan to pray. We do not … Continue reading
This Can Ensure College Won’t Be Worthless to You
I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that listening to the warning in this post could make or break your college career. If you want to learn anything at all in college or be sharpened in any significant … Continue reading
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Tagged college, distraction, education, knowledge, learning, stewardship, study, worship
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Are You Choosing Hell?
C.S. Lewis: There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Your will be done,” and those to whom God says, in the end, “Your will be done.” All that are in Hell, … Continue reading
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