How should we then pray?
Tony Woodlief has a must-read post at the World website answering the question. He uses some of George Mueller’s principles to form his answer. I’ve thought a lot about this topic in the last year and Woodlief’s thoughts are helpful.
Archive for March, 2008
Thoughts on Prayer
Posted in George Mueller, Tony Woodlief, prayer on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Follow-up
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Washington State Cougars like a drum last night. Don’t ask me to fill out your bracket next year. All told, the Cougars had a great season – nothing to be ashamed of, certainly. Hopefully, they accept the loss, and the end of their season, “in [...]
The Cougars and God – faith in basketball
Posted in Sports, faith in life on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane’s newspaper) has published an article by Nick Eaton on the Washington State Cougars basketball team and, specifically, the Christian faith of their coach and several players. The Cougars are still in the NCAA basketball tournament (Sweet 16) – the only Northwest team left.
I’m always interested in how the intersection of belief in [...]
Encouraged by God’s Good Providence
Posted in discouragement, pastoral search, providence, waiting on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In His good providence this last week, God encouraged me not to give up, lose heart, and be discouraged.
I’ve been out of the pastorate for 14 months and counting. So far, the search for my next pastoral ministry hasn’t turned up much. In fact, it’s been slow, very slow. It’s also been discouraging. I love [...]
Good Friday
Posted in Jesus Christ, Verse of the Moment, atonement on March 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The verse of the moment for Good Friday -
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God (2 Cor. 5:21).Jesus, who died a vicious, cruel, horrible, and bloody death – crucified on a cross – did it for the salvation of His people. [...]
Quick Takes
Posted in Quick Takes, anti-intellectualism, contemporary evangelicalism, theology on March 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“I don’t need all that theology stuff. I just want to love Jesus. Isn’t that enough?”
Honestly, I don’t know how many times I’ve heard someone say that. It always seems to produce the same reaction in me – a mixture of anger and sadness. Anger because although it’s good to love Jesus, there is so [...]
Ligonier Joins Blogging World
Posted in Ligonier Ministries on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ligonier Ministries has joined the wide, wide world of blogging. Keith Mathison, Tim Challies, R.C. Sproul and others will post thoughts. Currently, they’ve posted an interview with Sinclair Ferguson. Check it out here.
Turkish Delight
Posted in C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia, reading on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the course of explaining a proverb to both of my Bible classes today, I used an example taken from C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. The dialogue I quoted – between Mr. and Mrs. Beaver and the four children – regarding Aslan is an excellent description and portrait of what the [...]
R.I.P. WFB
Posted in William F. Buckley on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
William F. Buckley, Jr. died last week – man knows not his time.
Not only was he the founder of a great magazine – National Review – he was a towering intellect who had a winsome way of dealing with everyone, especially those with whom he disagreed. He made being a conservative cool. In my opinion, [...]
