4 min to read * This article was first published at the New Growth Press blog here. “I’m just trying to get through the holidays.” Sound familiar? If you …
THE HOUND OF HEAVEN
4 min to read A poem titled “The Hound of Heaven” influenced G.K. Chesterton and J.R.R. Tolkien, and lots of other people with famous dotted initials. The poem pictures …
WHY DOES THIS STUFF KEEP HAPPENING?
2 min to read We find ourselves asking this question more and more. Sometimes, the losses and crosses of a hard life seem to mount and grow. Unrelenting troubles …
LEARNING TO MINISTER AND NOT PEDDLE GOD’S WORD
3 min to read I don’t know many people who “peddle” the Word of God. Paul gave a clear exhortation to his crowd, reminding that they do not peddle …
A BETTER WAY
< 1 minute There’s a better way. I’m concerned a lazy form of Christian activism is surging among some circles of Christ’s Church. A desire for the ease …
HOW WILL YOU DIE ON THAT HILL?
5 min to read What you do on a hill says a lot about how you view Jesus, yourself, and the world. We use this cliché all the time to explain ourselves. This is a hill to die on. That’s not a hill to die on. And so forth. The cliché assumes a hill has only one purpose: death. But there’s a deeper issue to consider. How will you die on that hill?
#humility #suffering #love #worship
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HOW TO HAVE ASSURANCE WHEN LIFE IS UNCERTAIN
2 min to read We want some stability and hope in this life. But where do we find it?
#hope #expectations #promisesofGod
GRACE-FILLED CHURCH MEMBERS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
2 min to read Tomorrow we begin our slow return to regular corporate worship at Paramount Church! I’m thankful for church members who have expressed in text, and email, …
I’M SO VAIN
3 min to read Reading a Puritan Paperback called The Way to True Peace and Rest has provoked me to think about some of the big obstacles to peace and rest. Early in my Christian life, the first definition I received of pride proved most helpful. To this day, I think about it regularly. It went like this:
HOW IS YOUR PANDEMIC PROGRESS?
3 min to read The COVID-19 pandemic brings a global occasion to move from thorn-tree living to fruit-tree living (Jeremiah 17:5-9). Because God ordains all things to magnify His …