Posts with the category “weekly-wisdom”

Remember, therefore, it is not thy hold of Christ that saves thee - it is Christ; it is not thy joy in Christ that saves thee - it is Christ; it is not even faith in Christ, though that be the instrument - it is Christ’s blood and merits; therefore, look not so much to thy hand with which thou art grasping Christ, as to Christ; look not to thy hope, but to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy fai...  Read More

"The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism, nor the old Roman Catholicism or the new Roman Catholicism, nor the threat of communism, nor even the threat of rationalism and the monolithic consensus which surrounds us. All these are dangerous but not the primary threat. The real problem is this: the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, individually or corporately, tending to do the L...  Read More

Let us therefore remember, whenever each of us contemplates his own nature, that there is one God who so governs all natures that he would have us look unto him, direct our faith to him, and worship and call upon him. For nothing is more preposterous than to enjoy the very remarkable gifts that attest the divine nature within us, yet to overlook the Author who gives them to us at our asking.~John ...  Read More

Al Mohler has recently written a very helpful article about Vaccines and the Christian Worldview. In the article he lists seven issues that Christians should consider as they think through the morality of the new COVID vaccine.Mohler writes:This is an absolutely historic and crucial moment. This pandemic has wrought untold destruction—and we are, I pray, in the final months of this contagion’s dea...  Read More

This is a short piece of creative writing that I started a few weeks ago. I’ve spent a lot of time in 1 Peter lately, getting ready for my next preaching series, so the format of the letter is similar to that of 1 Peter (I’ve included hyperlinks in bold to all of the biblical references). It’s something of a “tongue in cheek” letter to those dear friends who have left California (California’s Refu...  Read More

"One of my favorite scenes is in the home of Bob Crachit..."  Read More

"There are many different kinds of troubles in this world."  Read More

"As God provides the sea for leviathan, so does he find a pool for the minnow."  Read More

"It seems like people are busier and more connected today than at any other time in history..."  Read More

"Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way! Thou art the potter, I am the clay."  Read More

"We cannot love Christ without loving him in the brethren."  Read More

Isaiah 59:1 “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save; nor His ear so dull that it cannot hear.”  Read More

The questions which every pastor must meet are these three:   Read More

"God often makes life hard so that we will learn to hope."  Read More

"Being busy is about the things you have to do."  Read More

"Unity in the church begins at the top and it flows down throughout the body."  Read More

"Preach the gospel. Preach the hope of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for sinners."  Read More

"It is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance."  Read More

"Thy mercies have brought me to the dawn of another day."  Read More

"Grumbling kicks humility in the shins."  Read More

"There is a close connection between what we fear and what we think we need."  Read More

I believe that the single most important distinction that a leader can make is between what he is “able to do” and what he “can do."  Read More

My education has given me the equivalent of a theological blow torch.  Read More

The faith that believes that God will do what you ask is not born in a hurry.  Read More

But the gospel is the good news that God is the all-satisfying end of all our longing  Read More

Take me, Lord, at whatever cost.   Read More

In brief, an evangelical is a person who believes the ‘three R’s’:  Read More

Eighteenth Century pastor and author John Newton wrote the following letter to a sister who was grieving the loss of her sister.  Read More

In his book Quiet Talks on Prayer S.D. Gordon makes the following observation about what faith is born out of.  Read More

The more we get what we now call “ourselves” out of the way and let Him take us over, the more truly ourselves we become.  Read More

Communication is one of the most important aspects to any marriage  Read More

An excerpt from Sarah Mae & Sally Clarkson's book Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe   Read More

For me, making a specific plan to face the giant of depression always lessens its impact and shortens its duration.  Read More

"This is the worthiness – the best and only kind we can bring to God..."  Read More

"My end was the outward calm; His was my meeting with the storm."  Read More

"Could it be we’ve made parenting too complicated?"  Read More

Job 42:10 - After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again.  Read More

Johnathan Leeman lists eight ways that Christians should submit themselves to the local church:   Read More

For Christians are not distinguished from the rest of mankind either in locality or in speech or in customs.  Read More

All to Jesus I surrender, all to Him I freely give; I will ever love and trust Him, in His presence daily live.  Read More