by Brian | Jan 20, 2014 | Spiritual Life
So I read this the other day (from The Hole in Our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung) and was a little shocked, just because it’s not the sort of thing you hear in a lot of Christian books these days. But of course, it’s true… The fact of the matter is, if...
by Brian | Jan 17, 2014 | Book Recommendations, Meditations, Spiritual Life
Richard Baxter was a minister in England in the seventeenth century. I’m slowly reading through his book The Godly Home, which was reprinted in that last couple years and updated some for modern readers. Basically, it is a remarkably up-to-date and relevant...
by Brian | Jan 15, 2014 | Campus Ministry, Resources, Spiritual Life
I handed a few of these out on Monday night, but here’s the update for any of you who weren’t there. Over at the Philadelphia Christian Student Initiative website, the newest booklet is now available. Here’s the blurb I put on the site: Though few...
by Brian | Jan 15, 2014 | Meditations, Spiritual Life
Here is an excerpt that brings before us a different way to think through how we pray. To pray out loud, when alone, may seem like a bit of a strange concept at first, but I would challenge you to give it a try. I have personally found this to be very beneficial in my...
by Brian | Jan 14, 2014 | Monday Study Notes, Technology
Last night we took one more week of break from our study through Romans to consider Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6 and how it relates to our private (secret) life with God–and how social media impacts this necessary part of life. Here are the notes: The...