To be grateful for an unanswered prayer, to give thanks in a state of interior desolation, to trust in the love of God in the face of the marvels, cruel circumstances, obscenities, and commonplaces of life is to whisper a doxology in … [Continue reading]
Love and apologetics
A few days ago I retweeted this: http://twitter.com/TullianT/status/442042577655980032 For my friends who are involved in Christian apologetics, I would rephrase this to say that "if your apologetic doesn't make you love people more, it's … [Continue reading]
You shall not be in dread of them
Moses said to the Israelites: “You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.” (Deuteronomy 7:21, ESV) Yet being in dread of the Canaanites is exactly what the Israelites had experienced. They … [Continue reading]
William Barclay on the Dreams of Men
"Jesus is the answer to the dreams of men. It is true that so often men do not see it so. They see the answer to their dreams in power, in wealth, in material plenty, and in the realization of the ambitions which they cherish. But if ever men’s … [Continue reading]
