You’re Not (via Paul Tripp)
This is from Paul Tripp: When I’m Weary and exhausted You’re not. When I’m Confused and discouraged You’re not. When I’m Fickle and unfaithful You’re not. When I’m Doubtful and disheartened You’re not....
View ArticleDo Not Lose Heart In Preaching – Kanishka Raffel Interview
Another helpful interview posted by St Helen’s Bishopsgate, this time with Kanishka Raffel from Perth, Western Australia. The theme is not losing heart as we preach the Gospel. Conducted in an...
View ArticleJ.I. Packer On Old Age And Infirmity
J.I. Packer is a well known theologian whose books have been appreciated by Christians for decades. At the age of 89 the effects of macular generation have ended his reading and writing capacities,...
View ArticleEncourage One Another (via Dane Ortlund)
Those who have received the Word of Life speak words of life to others. From Dane Ortlund: After all, when Paul says, “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up,” what is the “therefore”...
View ArticleThe Haunting Presence Of Depression (via Mike Cosper)
Mike Cosper attempts to write a sensitive and nuanced reflection on depression and suicide, prompted by the death of chef and food/travel documentary make Anthony Bourdain. This is what’s monstrous...
View ArticleTen Bible Passages For Severe Illness (via Kathryn Butler)
This article by Kathryn Butler at Desiring God features ten Bible verses/passages that speak of the presence of God’s love to those who are suffering. It is helpful in encouraging Christians to...
View ArticleThe Ache Is Not A Desire To Escape, It’s Homesickness (via Rebecca K Reynolds)
Rebecca K Reynolds explains the the desire to be with Christ is not something for which the disciple needs to feel guilty as if its an avoidance of the realities of life, rather the desire to be with...
View ArticleJesus Shows Us That There Is Purpose In Disappointment (via Paul Mallard)
Disappointment is a part of this world. We can’t avoid it, we will have it; our choice is what to do with it. Disappointment may not be able to be gone from our life, but it can be invested. Jesus...
View ArticleDon’t Allow Disappointment To Rob You Of The Enjoyment Of God’s Good Gifts...
It is impossible to avoid disappointment. To live as a human in a fallen world is to experience deficit between expectation and experience. A strategy of avoidance is to eliminate expectation or reject...
View ArticleFaith Only Grows By Being Stretched (via Paul Mallard)
It just feels like a tough week, due to very recent events on top of other events months past, with the expectation of more to come. More unfolding right now. The Bible recounts in a variety of ways...
View ArticleFresh Mercies To Cure Time’s Cancerous Erosion Of Zeal (via David McLemore)
The greatest temptation about giving up is time. Particularly time spent without experiencing what you’ve been working for. This confronts us with the need to remember Christian service is about the...
View Article“You Can’t Wait Until Life Is Not Hard Anymore Before You Decide To Be...
Here’s an audition on a television talent contest that is transcendent. Well worth your seven and a half minutes. When vocalists announce an original song as their offering you can almost see the...
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