Article written by Denis Haack (Ransom Fellowship) In Our Only World (2015), Wendell Berry argues that people must be careful to resist the temptation of politicization: the habit of mind that tends to reduce all of life to the political. “We must reject the idea—promoted by politicians, commentators, and various experts,” Berry says, “that […]
Recently in preparation for a Sunday School class about how the gospel meets reality, I realized that there are a handful of questions I am asking regularly in my various encounters with God’s people. At times, I feel like a broken record. I find myself saying and asking the same things over and over. While […]
She loved to gossip, and she was good at it. She was quite masterful when it came to the art of hearsay – the delicate procedures of simultaneously striving to please people while besmirching people were now second-nature to her. And “the best part” was that she was blissfully unaware of the devastating relational wreckage […]
STEP ONE: Accumulate, Develop, and Exaggerate Resources. STEP TWO: Identify, Develop, and Exaggerate Strengths. STEP THREE: Establish & Organize Resources and Strengths in such a way so as to obtain Maximum “Control.” *Important Note #1: in order to sufficiently achieve the desired “god” status you must simultaneously strive for (a) The “O Attributes” [omniscience, omnipotence, […]
Lamentation flows from a heart of humility. Lamentation is a form of worshiping the only True & Living God, and an indispensable means of maturing in our trust of Him. Problem – – – > we have zero humility. We have buckets ‘o plenty, and storage units galore, and train cars by the […]
I recommend this book – – – > Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing I recommend this book to adults and children, to those who are single and those who are married, to people who have children and people who don’t, the young and the elderly, the rich and the poor, the healthy and […]
There is a lady who knows a great deal about neediness, desperate dependence, reliance, and what it actually looks like to receive the Kingdom of God LIKE A CHILD (Mark 10:15). For her, it’s not mere head knowledge – it’s experiential knowledge; she is a woman who has not only recognized her neediness, but relishes […]
Love Constraining To Obedience by William Cowper To see the Law by Christ fulfilled, To hear His pardoning voice, Changes a slave into a child And duty into choice. 1. No strength of nature can suffice To serve the Lord aright And what she has, she misapplies, For want of clearer light. To see the […]
How could this happen!? How could he – of all people – fall away? This is appalling! Such wretched and tawdry pests! And who knows this better than him!? Who is more intimately acquainted with their sordid doctrines than he is!? And he defects!?! He decides to join their ranks! Of course I’m panicked!!! If […]
Today is “Good Friday.” “Good Friday” marks the day that the only perfect man to have ever walked the face of the earth (Jesus Christ) unjustly suffered and died on a wretched Roman cross. And the Church – the bride and body of Jesus Christ – refers to this day as “GOOD”?! …the day on […]