My attempts to control my life (or anyone else’s life) is an attempt to BE God, which is quite stressful. Anytime I try to take on God’s attributes as if they were my own is always an attempt in taking on more stress in my life.
Our vision of worship, our vision of the Christian life is too small. We need God to show up and speak convincingly to our wretched hearts.
How do we make sense of the silence and absence of God?
Pastor John Ortberg once asked author Dallas Willard what he needed to do to be “spiritually healthy,” and Willard replied, “You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life” (source). But what does it mean to “be in a hurry”? What does “being hurried” actually mean? I’m trying to evaluate whether “hurriedness” is a state of Read more about “Ruthlessly Eliminate Hurry”=Spiritual Health[…]
See a previous post I wrote on the value of biographies here Have you struggled with adversity in your life? Have you often wondered how to properly view the trials and struggles you’ve encountered? I know I have. What I want to share with you now is some of the thoughts from the life of Read more about Charles Spurgeon: Help from his View of Affliction[…]
Over the past 9+ years since being in student ministry, I estimate that I’ve been involved with around 50 camps/student conferences/Dnows/mission trips, etc., and one common factor we see at the end of any weekend or week of these types is “the crash,” when returning home, from the dreaded “camp High.” Typically, for both students Read more about Summer Camp, the “Spiritual High,” and the Ordinary Means of Grace[…]
If you have found this blog encouraging or helpful, please subscribe in the upper right-hand part of the site (if on a laptop) or at the bottom of the site (if on a mobile device). Thank you! Here are my notes to a devotional that I gave recently at a meeting. I hope these points Read more about 3 Actions to Take When You’re Going Through Hard Times[…]
I invite you to subscribe to my blog in the top right-hand corner of the site (if on a laptop), or at the bottom of the page (if on a mobile device). Thank you! If you are a Christian and you are unfamiliar with the life and work of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, then I invite Read more about “Heat the Church with the Drama Stage!”: Creative People in the Church[…]