Posts from August 2011
Pleasing God
“Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;” (1 Thess 4:1) It is a familiar truth that every Christian’s overriding purpose must be to glorify God. Everything we say and do, our relationships with others, the use we make of the gifts and…
Meditate on these things
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. (Phil 4:8) Many of you will have heard of the recent death of the Christian author John Stott.…