Eugene Peterson’s book, Eat This Book gets its name from Revelation 10:9-10 when John asks for the scroll containing God’s…
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On March 6, 2011, Eugene Peterson was interviewed on NPR concerning his new memoir, Pastor. In the book, Peterson described…
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What happens when we spend all our focus on something other than God? We associate money, sex, power, knowledge and even holiness, or goodness, as idols, but we don't often associate the desire for a spouse--the love of our life--as an idol. Tim Keller discusses Jacob and his quest for his love, and the way God blessed Leah to be the ancestral mother of Christ.
Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?-unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test! 2 Corinthians 13
This is Francis Chan at the Perry Noble Leadership Conference from September 2010.http://castracker.com/t.html?f=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.newspring.cc%2Faudio%2FLeadershipPodcast%2FLeadership.podcast.2011.01.mp3
Do I encourage others--give them courage to be who Christ is calling them to be, who the Spirit of Christ is directing them, or do I promote complacency, and trample on God's Spirit?
Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom, do not let the mighty boast in their might, do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth; but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord. Jeremiah 9
http://podcasting.jessup.edu/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/20080424-francis-chan.mp3What leads us down the paths we choose? Sometimes it is a matter of simply not choosing to follow any particular path, and not caring what happens to us along the way, blindly believing that things will work out. If we don’t have the mind of Christ we have the mind of the world, and in the world there are many opportunities to make bad choices.
And let the loveliness of our Lord, our God, rest on us, confirming the work that we do. Oh, yes.…
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Paradigm Questions To which of the following commands of Christ’s do you only pay only lip service? Love your enemies…
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Eugene Peterson’s book, Eat This Book gets its name from Revelation 10:9-10 when John asks for the scroll containing God’s…
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This Christian apologetics written by C. S. Lewis and first published in 1942. Lewis composed a book of letters from…
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Bob Dylan in the song Watered-Down Love describes the treacheries of watering down the love that God has for us.…
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Bruce Cockburn’s song Dialogue With The Devil powerfully describes the ease of slipping away from the presence of God and…
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Amazing Grace is a historical drama about William Wilberforce who was elected to British Parliament at the age of 21…
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Academy Award nominated film from 1973 about the spiritual awakening of St. Francis of Assisi. The style of the film…
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The finished diamond is one of the most beautiful and desirable gems.
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As we abide in him and he abides in us, we are receiving his life rather than creating our own…
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“falling in love with God,” as Boa’s subtitle for the facet explains. In this approach we attempt to enter into…
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We experience a great sense of the wonder, boldness, and overwhelming awe of God through our relationship with the Holy…
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Praise is adoration of God for who He is, His person, His character, His names. It is loving God because…
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What does it mean to be a Christian?
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What does it mean to be a disciple, to follow the disciplines necessary to serve Jesus with our whole heart?
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And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Mark 16:15
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