Church Leadership

From Chuck Swindoll comes these words that really spoke to me. Too often we get caught up in the business of the church and lose focus of why we’re there. From Chuck’s post Church Leaders and their Roles:

The local church has begun to assume the lengthening shadow of a business—and the church has no business [...]

Piper on the Economic Downturn

My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness…

Quotes

We preach Christ not because Christianity is merely a superior philosophy or worldview, nor because we are smart enough to embrace the gospel, but because we have met the Savior, we have been claimed by the gospel, and we have been transformed by the renewing of our minds.  Our preaching is not a matter of [...]

Getting it Right

A vague bad feeling that you are a crummy person is not the same as conviction for sin. Feeling rotten is not the same as repentance. – John Piper
These words have called for action in my prayer time this morning.  How often do we feel “bad” about the sins we commit, but are unrepentant of [...]

Election Prayer

From Desiring God blog this morning:
Father in heaven, as we approach this election on Tuesday, I pray
1) that your people will vote,
2) and that they will vote with a sense of thankfulness for a democratic system that at least partially holds in check the folly and evil in all our hearts so that power which [...]

Don’t Waste Your Vote!

 
Who should you vote for on Tuesday? Have you already voted? Consider a timely message from John Piper, posted on his blog this morning.

Although not a popular message, I believe it to be correct. Regardless of who wins Tuesday’s election, God is the ultimate winner because He will still be on [...]

Risk

 
For the past two weeks, I have been re-reading Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper. This morning I began chapter 5 which is titled Risk Is Right. For some reason the content of this chapter did not resonate with me the first time I read through it. It could be because the first time [...]

James 3: A story

Take 5 minutes and watch this short video from Desiring God. It was shown at the National Conference and was emailed to me this morning. After watching this myself, I felt the need to repent, not only of the way I use words towards others but for the hypocrisy that sometimes [...]

Quotable Quotes

In my reading this morning I came across two quotes that have really struck a cord with me. Both are from Leonard Ravenhill.
“The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising.”
“If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have [...]

Desiring God Conference

Well the DG conference started last night and I still am not attending, but thanks to Abraham Piper, Mikey Anderson, and several others the conference is already online through audio or print. Go here to listen. Keep checking back as they will be updating as each seminar is completed. This is just one of the [...]