Posts by Tyler Dirks

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How To Pray In 2017 & For The Rest Of Your Life

by Tyler Dirks

Is it too early for New Year’s Resolutions? Just hear me out… Back in 1989 Eugene wrote a book called Answering God: The Psalms As Tools For Prayer (published by Harper Collins). In 2016 Margie read that book by Eugene. Here’s what Margie said about it: This little book reached down into the seat of […]

My Prayer Request for ECPC

by Tyler Dirks

A gal named Karen recently asked me, “How can my community being praying for East CLT Pres.?” Here is what I told her: Please pray that the entire flock of ECPC would SAVOR Jesus (and – as God has designed it – that the Elders and Deacons would set the pace and posture of our […]

5 Key Questions of the Heart + 4 More

by Tyler Dirks

The following is taken directly from Critique 2016 Issue #5 At the 2016 Rochester L’Abri Conference Andrew Fellows identified what he called Five Key Questions of the Heart – – – > 5 QUESTIONS OF THE HEART …A PROJECT OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT EACH & EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET IS EMBARKED ON OVER THE COURSE […]

Advocate

by Tyler Dirks

Someone recently reminded me that advocacy is a big deal to God [1 Jn. 2:1; Prov. 31:8-9; Heb. 8:1-2]. As in all things, there are good ways to go about advocating, and there are bad ways to go about it. The bad versions of advocacy are those efforts founded upon, and fueled by arrogance, anger, […]

George MacDonald

by Tyler Dirks

Me: Approximately a year ago or so Mike & Courtney introduced me to The Rabbit Room Podcast. I listened and liked. If you travel to JH Gunn Elementary School on Sunday morning, as soon as you walk through the main entrance if you look approx. 25 paces in front of you and to the left […]

Can’t Wait For Cake

by Tyler Dirks

Yesterday our Father gathered His family together, and He said, “the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end – it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.” These Words were originally given to our ancestor Habakkuk regarding God’s promise to send […]

War On Despair [#TalkingTruth2Yourself]

by Tyler Dirks

There is a story called The Silver Chair [PAUSE] – – – > take a moment, get hold of this story, read it.   Okay, now that you’ve read it you will have a vivid picture in your mind of the scene which I’m about to reference.   Remember the scene where Eustace, Jill, Puddleglum, […]

pray without ceasing

by Tyler Dirks

I came across an excellent commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:17… ‘I only pray when I am in trouble, and I am trouble all the time …The recipe for obeying St. Paul’s pray without ceasing is not strict ascetical regimen but a watchful recognition of the trouble we are in.’ – Eugene H. Peterson

I Decided to Know Nothing Except…

by Tyler Dirks

I long for sweet simplicity. Hillary. Trump. Capitalism. Welfare. Political Correctness. Media Insanity. Lots and lots and lots of talking and emotion and mobs when there ought to be listening and curiosity and asking – in the words of Mr. Fox – “What’s the subtext here?” I hunger and thirst for stability and clarity and […]

Scared of Evangelism

by Tyler Dirks

About a month ago I watched a documentary called “The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young.” Ever since I saw it, I’ve been telling people about it. Unsolicited, out-of-nowhere, I will ask people, “Have you ever heard of the Barkley Marathons…?” Whether or not people want to hear about it is beside the […]