Books… Suffering Belongs to the Living, Not the Dead 1 May 20151 May 2015 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 our…
Books… Surrender Is Not a Heroic Sacrifice, But a Simple Sinking Into the Will of God 17 Apr 201517 Apr 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 34: Surrender Is Not a Heroic Sacrifice, But a Simple Sinking Into the Will of God Your only assignment, my dear daughter, is to be strong…
Love Buttercup 16 Apr 201516 Apr 2015 In the opening scenes of the iconic movie, The Princess Bride, Princess Buttercup loved to order her farm-boy Wesley around. It didn't matter if the request was big or small…
Discipleship Bad Rap 14 Apr 201514 Apr 2015 One of my girls' favorite songs is Bad Rap by Steve Taylor. Bad Rap is a very intentional bad rap about the "bad rap" that Christians have in the eyes…
Grace The Law of Grace 13 Apr 201513 Apr 2015 So summarizing what I have been learning about grace… Grace is… Unnatural. It runs against human nature to be gracious. Grace is sacrificial one way love; we are naturally self-centered…
Books… The Will of God Our Only Treasure 10 Apr 201510 Apr 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 33: The Will of God Our Only Treasure My desire is that you might have an absolutely settled surrender to the Lord Jesus-a surrender which does…
Grace… For Your Consideration 9 Apr 20159 Apr 2015 I would like to throw out an idea that I have been thinking about and get your reaction to it. Could it be that the problem of sin in the…
God's Love… Under the Palms on Palm Sunday 30 Mar 201530 Mar 2015 "It is finished." John 19:30 (NIV). This weekend my wife and I found ourselves in Clearwater Beach, Florida…a rare weekend away from home and away from the kids. We were…
Books… The Gifts of God Are Not to Be Rejected Because of the Channel That Brings Them 26 Mar 201527 Mar 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 31: The Gifts of God Are Not to Be Rejected Because of the Channel That Brings Them I am glad you have found a friend to…
Books… Use It or Lose It 24 Mar 201524 Mar 2015 Tuesdays with Edwards! If you would not lose what you have heard, let the next thing you do be to practice. There are no truths of the word of God…