I just heard R.C. Sproul mention this today as I listened to a podcast of a recent Renewing Your Mind broadcast - If you want a crash course in sanctification, do the following:
Read the Bible (all the way through). Put a mark next to everything you don’t like. Then spend the next ten years working your [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Here’s an Idea
Posted in Bible, Christian life, R.C. Sproul on April 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
New Book
Posted in Books on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I picked up Tullain Tchividjian’s book Unfashionable yesterday. I read the forward, introduction, ands the first chapter last night and it looks very interesting. I’ll let you know what I think of it along the way.
This is Encouraging
Posted in Bible, Christian life, encouragement on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What Paul says in Philippians 3:12-14 is encouraging to me. He says,
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, [...]
He is Risen!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
He is risen indeed!
I don’t tend to post much on or around Easter because I’m usually too busy. Maybe I’ll write something in the weeks previous next year – Lord willing! Have a great day and don’t forget to remember that Jesus rose from the dead, which changes everything.
He is risen! He is risen indeed!
I Knew it!
Posted in Baseball on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I knew it was too good to be true. The Seattle Mariners will not go 162-0 this season. They lost tonight to the Minnesota Twins in the bottom of the ninth inning. One loss and one blown save. I”ll take 1-1, though – they could be 0-2. Part of the reason I love baseball is [...]
Baseball Season is Here!
Posted in Baseball, Quick Takes on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the clearest evidences of the existence of God.
“After two whole years”
Posted in Bible, Christian life, faithfulness, obedience on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joseph had been wrongly imprisoned in Genesis 39 – he was faithful and obedient to God and Potiphar’s wife made up a story.
“Some time after this,” according to Genesis 40:1, “the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt.” They found themselves sharing a [...]
Resolution # 29 from Jonathan Edwards
Posted in Quotes, The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards, prayer on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Resolved, Never to count that a prayer, nor let that pass as a prayer, which is so made, that I cannot hope that God will answer it; nor that as a confession, which I cannot hope that God will accept.
Edwards wants his prayers to be prayed with a strong sense of expectation that God will [...]
The 28th Resolution of Jonathan Edwards
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Resolved, To study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
According to Edwards, we must always be growing in our knowledge of God’s Word, which requires study – steady, constant, and frequent. May God give us the strength to [...]
“Will this be on the test?”
Posted in Christian life, Miscellaneous, faith in life, my life, teaching on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Will this be on the test?” As a teacher, you can’t escape that question.
When I first encountered it, I didn’t know how to answer. Lying was out of the question, but so was saying something possibly deceiving like, “Yes, it will be,” when I might later change my mind. I was also aware that if [...]
