John 21:18-22 just keeps coming back to me.
After Jesus asked Peter three times, “Do you love Me?” He told Peter to follow Him at the end of verse 17. Then, beginning in verse 18, the Lord Jesus said to him, “Truly. truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself [...]
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This Just Keeps Coming Back to Me
Posted in Books, C.S. Lewis, Christian life, Jesus Christ, The Chronicles of Narnia, faithfulness, obedience, tagged Books, C.S. Lewis, Christian life, discipleship on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“What I have entrusted to Him”
Posted in Christian life, discipleship, tagged Christian life, discipleship on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day” (2 Tim. 1:12).
What did Paul entrust, or give to the Lord for safe-keeping?
He entrusted his desires, his [...]
Jealousy
Posted in Alistair Begg, Christian life, Jealousy, tagged Alistair Begg, Christian life, Jealousy on May 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What does jealousy look like?
In a recent sermon, Alistair Begg painted a bit of a picture of just what the “green-eyed monster” might look like:
Jealousy can’t stand when others are doing better than we are.
Jealousy is sad at the happiness or success of others.
Jealousy makes us hostile to those who’ve never harmed or wronged us.
Jealousy [...]
Hard Work
Posted in Christian life, discipline, tagged Christian life, discipline on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As my wife and I do some work in the yard today, I’m reminded of a biblical truth: The Christian life is hard work. Don’t be deceived into thinking it isn’t.
In 1 Timothy 4:7, the apostle Paul tells Timothy, his young colleague, to “discipline” himself “for the purpose of godliness.”
Why would Paul make that admonition [...]
I knew this had to be true!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christian life on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is take a nap.
The words of Don Whitney in a short article you can read here. I always thought there was some spiritual benefit (not only physical) in napping. Now I have confirmation. Nap on!
Be Found at Your Post
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged C.S. Lewis, Christian life, Eschatology, second coming, vocations on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
C.S. Lewis wrote:
The world might stop in ten minutes; meanwhile, we are to go on doing our duty. The great thing is to be found at one’s post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though our world will last a hundred years.
We have, of [...]
Where was God?
Posted in Christian life, tagged Christian life, sovereignty of God, the problem of evil, trials on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When something bad happens, the question that is nearly always asked is, “Where was God when this happened?”
This touches upon a very serious issue, and in some cases an objection to the Christian faith, which is the problem of evil. How do we reconcile evil, suffering, and pain in the world with a good, loving, [...]
