There is, saith a good man, as much difference between a sermon in the pulpit and printed in a book, as between milk in the warm breast and in the sucking bottle. Yet the convenience of it is very great. Good books are the baskets that preserve excellent lessons that they be not lost .Continue reading “Rain and Warmth”
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Charlie Kirk on Empathy
Do Charlie Kirk’s opinions on empathy excuse not having any compassion towards him, his family, or his supports? Does it make us bad people for saying that Charlie Kirk was a good man? Claim: “Charlie Kirk said ‘I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up new age term that doesContinue reading “Charlie Kirk on Empathy”
Enjoy the Sound of Singing, Charlie
The LORD your God is among you,a warrior who saves.He will rejoice over you with gladness.He will be quiet in his love.He will delight in you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 A gladiator stands in the arena over his fallen antagonist. He waits for the signal to spar or end with lethal violence the life of his poor victim. Thousands look on, seeing this barbarous sport, withContinue reading “Enjoy the Sound of Singing, Charlie”
The Jonah Guidebook, Part 1
Welcome to the Jonah guidebook! (You can download the guidebook as a word document at the end of this page). This is intended to be used for small groups and 1 to 1 discipleship, specifically in a youth age context. It is made with heavy reliance on the resources from Trinity Chippenham. You can findContinue reading “The Jonah Guidebook, Part 1”
Last Battles Follow Up
After I posted Last Battles, a friend from my church in the States posted a comment on Facebook (the entire comment is copied at the end of this page). I wrote this post in the hours after I saw the comment, but I asked him for permission before I responded to it in blog postContinue reading “Last Battles Follow Up”
(Fallen) Creation and (Warm) Redemption
It is because we believe in redemption that we are able to thank God for our creation. ~ Adolph Saphir, Our Day-Life, Thoughts on John IX: 4 (New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1878), p. 81 I talk with people from time to time who, facing down the pain and difficulty of life, say “It’dContinue reading “(Fallen) Creation and (Warm) Redemption”
The Gospel in a Single Verse – 2 Corinthians 5:21
20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. That whereas they might conceive him most unjustly toContinue reading “The Gospel in a Single Verse – 2 Corinthians 5:21”
Using Both Eyes
…a man be disquieted for sin, for which not to be disquieted is a sin, yet we may look too much, and too long upon it; for the soul hath a double eye, one to look to sin, another to look up to God’s mercy in Christ. ~ Richard Sibbes, The Soul’s Conflict With Itself,Continue reading “Using Both Eyes”
Weary, Comfortless Soul… Remember
We have no more present actual comfort than we have remembrance; help a godly man’s memory, and help his comfort; like unto charcoal, which, having once been kindled, is the more easy to take fire. He that hath formerly known things, takes ready acquaintance of them again, as old friends; things are not strange toContinue reading “Weary, Comfortless Soul… Remember”
False Fears, False Cures
Ignorance, being darkness, is full of false fears. In the night time men think every bush a thief. Our forefathers in time of ignorance were frighted with everything; therefore it is the policy of popish tyrants, taught them from the prince of darkness, to keep the people in darkness, that so they might make themContinue reading “False Fears, False Cures”
Standing Before God, This We Are and No More 