Rock is a material that is resistant to change and provides a good analogy for an organization or people that need to be lead. Rock likes to stay as it is, it will not change on its own. Having worked in the mining industry I know what impact … [Continue reading]
Beware the leaven . . . thoughts on contemplative prayer
There has been some discussion lately about the danger of contemplative prayer in the Church. While I understand that some proponents of this practice lean heavily on eastern religious practice and error has crept in, I am concerned that an … [Continue reading]
Martyn Lloyd-Jones on True Christians and the Sermon on the Mount
In the introduction to Martyn Lloyd-Jones' Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, he writes this: I suggest to you that [the Sermon on the Mount] is the best means of evangelism. Surely we all ought to be urgently concerned about this at the present … [Continue reading]
Toward the conquest of fear
In his first inaugural address, Franklin D. Roosevelt used the oft quoted phrase, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." The first time I heard this quotation, I thought it rather silly since there are many things to fear. But as I've … [Continue reading]
