a journal about life in the shadow of the cross of Christ...
The most important prayer is that the most important person in the universe do the most important act in the universe. That’s why Jesus put this request at the beginning of the Lord’s prayer: “Hallowed be your name.” God is the most important person in the universe. More important than all others put together. All [...]
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What makes a successful Christian? Who’s number one on God’s “most impressive Christian” list? Is it: The mega-church pastor who preaches six times on Sundays, writes chart-topping books, and has his own podcast with really cool rock music (probably U2) at the beginning? Maybe. The children’s ministry volunteer who dispenses fifty-three pounds of goldfish crackers [...]
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Here is a simple exhortation that I have been trying to implement in our family: Seek to see and feel the gospel as bigger as years go by rather than smaller. Our temptation is to think that the gospel is for beginners and then we go on to greater things. But the real challenge is [...]
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In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis writes a series of letters from Screwtape to Wormwood, both of whom are demons working together to keep a man from pursuing Christ. Screwtape is the mentor, if you will, and Wormwood, his nephew, is his disciple. In one of Screwtape’s letters, he writes about how their goal is [...]
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It is necessary for believers to understand the special nature of God’s love for them. ‘The Son of God loved me and gave himself for me’ (Galatians 2:20), is not a statement that gives security to all. To deny the special love of God, and to believe that Christ loves all men equally, is to [...]
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“Devote yourselves to prayer…” (Colossians 4:2a) I suspect that a chief reason for our apathy in prayer is not our lack of need but in our perceived lack of need. Many of our prayer lives reflect shallowness and irregularity because we somehow have bought the lie that we are sovereign and not in need of [...]
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