If You Feed Your Flesh, You’ll Starve Your Spirit
If You Feed Your Flesh, You’ll Starve Your Spirit Galatians 5:19-21 Kenneth S. Wuest, “When the flesh presses hard upon the believer with its evil behests, the Holy Spirit is there to oppose the flesh and give the believer victory over it, in order that the believer will not obey the flesh and thus sin…The
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Joy to the World
Joy to the World Galatians 5:22 C.S. Lewis, “I call it joy which is here a technical term and must be sharply distinguished from both happiness and from pleasure. Joy (in my sense) has indeed one characteristic, and only one, in common with them; the fact that anyone who has experienced it will want it
Worship Together
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"We are all asked to do more than we can do. Every hero and heroine of the Bible does more than he would have thought it possible to do, from Gideon to Esther to Mary. Jacob, one of my favorite characters, certainly wasn't qualified. He was a liar and a cheat; and yet he was given the extraordinary vision of angels and archangels ascending and descending a ladder which reached from earth to heaven." - Madeleine L'Engle in Walking on Water
"God is not found in the soul by adding anything, but by a process of subtraction." - Meister Eckhart, quoted in Sacred Moments
"It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply." - A. W. Tozer
"It is a good thing that we are not God; we do not have to understand God's ways, or the suffering and brokenness and pain that sooner or later come to us all. But we do have to know in the very depths of our being that the ultimate end of the story, no matter how many eons it takes, is going to be all right." - Madeleine L'Engle in Glimpses of Grace, Christianity Today: February 1998
"God as the eternal Goldsmith allows the Christian to undergo fiery trials in order that such impurities as obstinacy, willfulness, lack of faith, lack of concern, lack of compassion, and self-centeredness must be burned out of his life that he might become pure reflecting in his very being the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ." -- Harold L. Fickett, Jr.
"Just as men use fire to distinguish true gold from counterfeit, so God uses trials to distinguish genuine faith from superficial profession." - Alan M. Stibbs
"It is the crushed grape that yields the wine." - anonymous
"There is no making without breaking." - anonymous
"We cast broken things aside and call them junk, but God cast unbroken things aside as useless." - anonymous
"Those who fear God most are least afraid of men." - anonymous
Brokenness
The Preaching Of The Cross
No doubt you have your preaching well in hand for the Easter season. If not, here are some suggestions you might consider, even at this late date. Easter is April 20, which means that a Lenten series could begin as early as March 2, if you want seven messages before Palm Sunday; or on March
Gods And Generals
I’m sure you know that I’m a Civil War buff. I minored in history in college with an emphasis in Civil War history. More than the battles, I’m fascinated by the people – their character, commitment to a cause (on both sides), their faith and their leadership skills. I probably own over one hundred books
Predestination: God’s Plan for His Own
God has made this universe to operate a day at a time. And you and I are supposed to live a day at a time. God’s promise is “As thy days, so shall thy strength be” (Deut. 33:25). You and I are able to live a day at a time because of the fact that
The Set of the Sail
– A. W. Tozer. Christian Publications. A collection of previously unpublished editorials from The Alliance Witness, selected by Harry Verploegh. If you have never read Tozer-what are you waiting for? Thirty minutes spent in a Tozer essay is often better than a week at a Bible conference. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren
Lessons Learned In A Building Program (Part 1)
Two years ago last month, we completed a 10.6 million dollar building program at Sherwood. It was exhausting but a positive experience. Most pastors leave right after a building program. I’m not sure why, but I understand it. Going through the process, you spend a lot of time and energy. Unfortunately, you don’t always get
Theology in Turmoil
– Alan Sell. Baker Books. This is a valuable contribution to the conservative-liberal debate. It helps the reader understand the real roots of the debate (younger pastors, take note) and what the “fruits” are in the church today. Liberalism is not dead, and the growing minister must keep ahead of the enemy. The bibliography found
The Rise of Babylon
Inside the Mind of the Iraqi Dictator – Charles H. Dyer How new satellite images reveal what’s really behind the Mideast menace, Charles H. Dyer, Moody. A newly updated edition that reveals in the decade following the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein has maintained his momentum in restoring the lost city of Babylon to its ancient