Grace An Anxious Heart Needs Kindness 13 Apr 2016 Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up (Proverbs 12:25, NIV). How true this is. Not a rational word, but a kind word. We can often…
Books… The Essence of Christianity 12 Apr 2016 It’s time for Tuesdays with Edwards! Hence we may learn the nature of true and sincere Christian piety. This shows the nature and genius of Christianity, what that is wherein…
Books… Resisting God, an Effective Hindrance to Grace 8 Apr 20168 Apr 2016 It’s Fénelon Friday! LETTER 38: Resisting God, an Effective Hindrance to Grace Down deep in your heart I believe you know what God demands of you, but you are resisting…
Grace… God Often Brings Answers Prayers for His Help by Bringing People for Us to Give Help To. 7 Apr 2016 the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive'" (Acts 20:35, NIV). I have not been posting much lately because I have been focusing my…
Books… God Gives Grace in Proportion to Our Trials 1 Apr 2016 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 37: God Gives Grace in Proportion to Our Trials I feel a deep sense of sympathy for your loved one who is suffering so much. And…
Books… False Positive 12—That Affections Seem Real and Pleasing to Other Christians. Part 2. 29 Mar 2016 Tuesdays with Edwards! For those who might be just joining us…. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections is one of Edwards' most widely read and influential works, and has come to…
Books… Suffering Belongs to the Living, Not the Dead 25 Mar 2016 It's Fénelon Friday! Just a reminder here of something I have clarified before, that when Fénelon refers to "self" and "self-love," he is talking about our sinful nature and the…
Books… False Positive 12—That Affections Seem Real and Pleasing to Other Christians. Part 1. 22 Mar 2016 Tuesdays with Edwards! For those who might be just joining us…. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections is one of Edwards' most widely read and influential works, and has come to…
Quotes… It the Shoe Fits… 15 Mar 2016 When my wife Mandi got her driver's license she wanted to put a fish on her bumper. Her mom said, "You can do that if you are going to drive…