Books… Peace Comes Through Simplicity and Obedience 24 Jul 201524 Jul 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 5: Peace Comes Through Simplicity and Obedience Learn to cultivate peace. And you can do this by learning to turn a deaf ear to your own…
Going Deeper Holy Fertilizer Batman! 6 Jul 20156 Jul 2015 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:6-7,…
Books… How to Bear Suffering Peacefully 3 Jul 20153 Jul 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 2: How to Bear Suffering Peacefully Concerning our friend, I pray that God will give him a simplicity of trust that will bring him peace. When…
Family… Learning from Dads 21 Jun 201521 Jun 2015 FWell, hello again….it has been a while. Family, work, and a week away at the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale Divinity School have kept me from posting for a while.…
Books… The Circumcision of the Heart 29 May 201529 May 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 40: The Circumcision of the Heart Our eagerness to serve others often arises from mere natural generosity instead of a real Christian love. Sometimes, serving others…
Books… Faith Without Love Is Dead 19 May 201519 May 2015 Tuesdays with Edwards! In 1738 Jonathan Edwards preached a series of sermons on 1 Corinthians 13 that has become famously known in print as Charity and Its Fruits and has…
Books… Resisting God, an Effective Hindrance to Grace 15 May 201515 May 2015 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…
Books… God Gives Grace in Proportion to Our Trials 8 May 20158 May 2015 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… Lessons from Fruit 5 May 20155 May 2015 It's Tuesdays with Edwards! When the fruit is ripe, it is easily gathered. It don't cleave fast to the tree, but is ready to quit it, and is picked…
Faith… I Am Peter 4 May 20154 May 2015 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James,…