I’m afraid we’ve almost divorced worship from loving our neighbor as our self. The first and most important commandment is “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength.” And we go, Oh, stop right...
HT: Samuel Metzger, The New Presbyterian Church, Pompano Beach, FL
Have you ever felt like this? If so, you should know Steve Brown. Although you probably wouldn’t guess it, he’s a former Presbyterian pastor, writes helpful material, and hosts a couple of radio shows that are both informative and entertaining (no...
Care for orphans is mercy at its most poignant, no doubt. But every act on behalf of the orphan also proclaims the Gospel, revealing to a watching world the heart of the God who “sets the lonely in families” (Psalm 68:5-6);...
Pastor David Platt on the American church and following Christ via the New York Times: The tension between good and plenty, God and mammon, became the central tension in American life, propelling ferocious energies and explaining why the U.S. is...
Bob Kauflin of Covenant Life Church discovered his 2-year-old grandson had leukemia prior to Sunday services. Here’s some of what he says from the experience: I guess I could have struggled with the apparent dichotomy between my circumstances and the...
Via Tim Chester: The church is not a building you enter. Nor is it a meeting your attend. It is not what you do on a Sunday. To be a Christian is to be part of God’s people and to...
To only think of Jesus as a long-haired, gentle man in a robe and wearing sandals has devastating effects on the church. This perception has permeated the attitudes of many who perceive Jesus as a weak character but a good...
Regardless of what you may think of New Years resolutions, this list by colonial pastor and theologian Jonathan Edwards is worth contemplating if not emulating: RESOLUTIONS (by Jonathan Edwards, age 19) “Being sensible that I am unable to do any...
Psalm 90 BOOK FOUR From Everlasting to Everlasting A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. 1Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth...