You’re a Missionary. Here’s your Mission Field.
January 25th, 2012… Africa to build a school. It’s going down to the park to feed the homeless. It’s inviting a friend to church. But when God came to …
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A New Year’s Dare: Plan!
January 2nd, 2012… each day’s readings sent to you) Blog (and RSS feed imported to Google Reader, etc.) Podcast (each day’s readings in …
Conquering Anxiety
December 6th, 2011… the last month, the most helpful one has been, “If God feeds the crows, won’t He provide for you?” It makes me laugh even to think …
What it means to be shepherded by God
November 9th, 2011… instead of allowing our shepherd to guide us to the best feeding grounds and the purest rivers. I’ve seen this tendency in myself. …
How to preach the gospel to yourself every day
October 11th, 2011
JD Greear, author of the new book Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary, recommends this four-part daily prayer:
“In Christ, there is nothing I could do that would make you love me more, and nothing I have done that makes …
You Were Made to Be Happy
August 8th, 2011
Most people think of the Puritans as joyless legalists, but English Puritan John Flavel wrote this 350 years ago:
Ecstasy and delight are essential to the believer’s soul and they promote sanctification. We were not meant to live without spiritual e …
Is it a sin to be introverted?
July 29th, 2011
It can be, according to self-confessed introvert Noel Piper:
Good things can happen in solitude. Quietness can be a sweet place to meet God. But there’s a dark side to solitude when I crave it above all. The I comes to mean not “introvert” but l …
The Love of God in Disaster
March 11th, 2011… for the tsunami to come, and watching the photos and video feed from Japan in horror (a heartbreaking collection of photos is …
Why God’s Love Is Not Unconditional
February 21st, 2011
David Powlison writes this:
God does not accept me just as I am;
He loves me despite how I am;
He loves me just as Jesus is;
He loves me enough to devote my life to renewing me in the image of Jesus.
This love is much, much, much better than u …
The Faith of a Bounty Hunter
February 16th, 2011
Tim Challies reviews Dog’s new book, Where Mercy is Shown, Mercy is Given:
If you’ve ever seen Dog the Bounty Hunter you’ve undoubtedly noticed that Dog considers himself a Christian, always pausing to pray before a big hunt and often rebuking cri …
To Forgive in the Super Bowl
February 8th, 2011
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Rick Reilly writes about Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ unforgettably forgiving spirit:
Five different perfect passes went begging. One to Brett Swain and one to James Jones that would’ve been a touchdown.
The main perpetrator, though, was …
Christmas: The Bad News of Santa
December 23rd, 2010
Only John Piper could say it like this:
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