Pierced by the Word
31 Meditations for Your Soul – John Piper. Multnomah. Piper hopes these meditations will, ‘become in your life the living embodiment of God’s Word and penetrate to the deep places of your soul.” Piper is a popular, best selling author in the Reformed Tradition. His writings are influencing and impacting thousands of believers in America
ISRAEL, A Commentary on Joshua – 2 Kings
– John J. Davis and John C. Whitcomb, BMH books. This volume is a composite of 3 earlier books printed separately under the titles, Conquest and Crisis, The Birth of the Kingdom and Solomon to the Exile. The style is informal while at the same time honoring the authority of Scripture. The authors believe the
Gripped by the Greatness of God
– James MacDonald. Moody. MacDonald is a pastor with a broad radio ministry. He is the author of four other books. This newest book covers significant passages in Isaiah and will motivate you to reread the ancient prophet and to reevaluate your personal worship. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael
Bring Your Faith to Work
– Norman L. Geisler. Baker. A solid resource for your laity to help them answer the skeptics and cynics in the work place. God has the answers people are looking for. The authors put them in simple terms and thoughts so that they can transfer easily over a cup of coffee or in the break
Soaring on Eagle’s Wings
Every year when autumn arrives, millions of monarch butterflies begin their lengthy migration from southern Canada and northern United States to spend the winter under the protection of the pine forests in central Mexico. As they migrate to such extensive distances, the butterflies will encounter numerous extreme challenges in their survival. For over three months,
Why Boomers Resist the Emergent Fad
Emergents trying to convince Boomers that there is a new generation with new needs that requires new approachesoften meet a brick wall from Boomers. Boomers say, “I’m tired of chasing fads in ministry.” Why is it that boomers (my own generation) are so resistant to the emergent generation’s claims that the church must change or die?
Are You Usable? Part 1
I remember Vance Havner talking about how people say they want God to use them. Havner would respond, “He’s using you as much as he can. What you need to pray is, ‘God, make me usable.’” Are you usable? Are you clay in the potter’s hand, willing to be molded into the image of Christ,
John: The Glory Of The Son (Part 2)
We see the fact that Jesus is God’s Son in the names that are given to Him. He said, “I am the Son of God” (10:36), “I am the good shepherd” (v. 11), “I am the door” (v. 9), “I am the bread of life” (6:35), and “I am the true vine” (15:1). His glory
Sermon Spice
www.sermonspice.com, a website offering downloadable sermon illustration videos…a really cool resource! www.sermonspice.com 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
Ray Stedman
www.raystedman.org/news, This is the newest website of Ray Stedman’s sermons and books as a stand-alone site www.raystedman.org 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
Where Are You Going?
By Vance Havner Lord, to whom shall we go? (John 6:68) 1. Where could we go? Look down all other roads and see what they have to offer. It is Christ or else. The wisdom of man, the religious of the world, have no answer to the soul’s desperate cry, “Where could I go but to
“We ought to change the legend on our money form “In God We Trust” to “In Money We Trust.” Because, as a nation, we’ve got far more faith in money these days that we do in God.” – Arthur Hoppe, Quoted in Way, June 1963
“Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they get.” –Frederick Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
“Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it. If he had known so much as this, he would never have earned it.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” –1 Timothy 6:10, NIV
“Money has become the grand test of virtue.” – George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
“It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.” – John D. Rockafeller, Sr., Quoted in The Age of the Moguls
“Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.” – Sydney J. Harris, Quoted in Reader’s Digest, April 1968
“When I have any money I get rid of it as quickly as possible, lest it find a way into my heart.” – John Wesley
“Money is an article which may be used as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven, and as a universal provider of everything except happiness.” –anonymous
“The soul of the covetous is far removed from God, as far as his memory, understanding and will are concerned. He forgets God as though He were not his God, owing to the fact that he has fashioned for himself a god of Mammon and of temporal possessions.” – St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul
“Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek God.” – St. Bernard of Clairvaux, On the Love of God
“It is not earthly riches which make us or our sons happy; for they must either be lost by us in our lifetime, or be possessed when we are dead, by whom we know not, or perhaps by whom we would not.” – St. Augustine, The City of God
“All the money in the world will not buy you a kid who will do homework, or maturity for a kid who needs it. It may buy a kid who knows how to buy.” – Bill Cosby
“Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hop in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.” –1 Timothy 6:17, NIV
In Money We Trust