Posts from 2015

I found this observation by Ravi Zacharias on the nature of worship and its connection to the whole of life, a life lived consciously as it should be before God, very helpful. May the Lord bless it to you individually as us as the church collectively as we approach 2016:

Meditation Two: Isaiah 9:6 The dawn of God’s glory was the first coming of Jesus Christ. The high noon of God’s glory will be the second coming of Christ. And that is where the sun will stay forever and ever.

Even though Psalm 19 says that every day “The heavens are telling the glory of God,” nevertheless there is coming a time when the glory of the Lord will be revealed in a way that it has never been revealed before.

Christianity is much more than getting your doctrine right. But it is not less. You can have right doctrine and not be a Christian. You can know all sorts of true things about Jesus and not be saved. The Devil is not unaware of who Jesus really is. The first beings in the Gospels to recognize…

Preparation for Hearing the Word of God Preached Consciously cultivate fresh awareness that I will be confronted with the very words of the living God. Matt 4:4; 2 Tim 3:16; Isaiah 66:2; Heb 12:25; 1 Thess 2:13   Consciously repudiate by fresh repentance all that would hinder my joyful…

Five young seminary graduates were returning home to France after spending time in Geneva with John Calvin. Upon entering France they were arrested, and in the months that followed they corresponded often with Calvin. One letter, in March 1553, spoke of their blessing in suffering for Christ: