by Brian | Feb 16, 2015 | Spiritual Life
So, one time, John Piper tweeted this: “Ponder the resurrection when the bag lady will recall with brilliant mind and radiant face how you talked to her at...
by Brian | Feb 10, 2015 | Culture, Monday Study Notes, Spiritual Life
Last night we began looking at some specific scriptures which seem to be especially important for Christians to know for the days we’re living in. Here are the notes from the study: The Scripture: Matthew 5:10-12 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for...
by Brian | Jan 27, 2015 | Missions, Spiritual Life
The audience for this post might skew younger than a lot of you, but if you’re still in college, or you’re “young at heart,” check out these sane admonitions–sometimes we want people to take our big dreams for God seriously, but they...
by Brian | Nov 13, 2014 | Spiritual Life
Pastor Joe’s been recommending Jim Cymbala’s new book Storm for a few weeks now. I finished it the other night, and I too recommend it to you as a good overview of the current church situation in the West, and a fresh call to the kinds of things...
by Brian | Oct 29, 2014 | Evangelism, Spiritual Life
Francis Schaeffer reminds that when we really want to “reach the world,” or “win our friends to Christ,” or “see people saved,” or “share the gospel effectively,” we must remember an essential part of our ability to do...
by Brian | Sep 5, 2014 | Bible Study, Spiritual Life
This post below, by Ed Welch, is so helpful for two very common problems many of us face in our twenties. Problem 1: The Spiritual GPS Lately I’ve been speaking to some of you about what I’ve started calling the “spiritual GPS.” That’s my...
