Search me and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. Psalm 139:23-24 NLT A daily review of our heart is like a daily shower. Awareness. Cleansing. Renewing. Preparing. If practiced with intentionality and humility, it… Read More Daily Practice of Examen
9 On the first day of the first month the journey up from Babylon was begun, and on the first day of the fifth month Ezra came to Jerusalem, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him. 10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD, and to… Read More Church Growth is a By-product
We are spending Easter season exploring the books of Acts. Having our focus on the building blocks of new creation that we see throughout. New creation is highlighted in the Lord’s prayer – “thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” In other words, the in-breaking of heaven into… Read More Apostolic Impulse
So catastrophic a remedy demands a catastrophic predicament. Stephen Westerholm sermon here (starting at minute 38:53) The cross is difficult to understand. Why was it necessary? Wasn’t there some other way to accomplish forgiveness? It is not until we see, as Westerholm says, the “catastrophic predicament” that we find ourselves in does the reality of… Read More The Predicament
We sing the praise of him who died, Of him who died upon the cross; The sinner’s hope let men deride; For this we count the world but loss. for the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us being saved it is the power of God. 1 Cor.… Read More The Cross: What an Odd Symbol
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