Hard to Discern? by Anna Wood
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck, it must be a… Goose? And a lovely goose at that. Or, so it would seem. Let’s try again… If he acts like the world, looks like the world, has a filthy mouth like the world, he must be a… [...]
Crossless Christianity
According to much of today’s evangelical teaching, it is easy to be saved. All you have to do is “accept Jesus” or “try Jesus” or “Ask Jesus into your heart”. If you are then comfortable with Him, well, you have a ticket to heaven but, if not, then you are no worse off than before [...]
Daily Abiding in Christ
Spiritual emotions result in Christian practice because they always exist alongside spiritual humiliation. Humility before God inspires obedience, just as pride inspires rebellion. Humility, then, necessarily leads to Christian practice. ~ Jonathan Edwards How would you finish (this) sentence? “One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after _________.” What is [...]
God’s Call To Women: Thoughts Through The Ages
“Submission refers to a wife’s divine calling to honor and affirm her husband’s leadership and help carry it through according to her gifts. It is not an absolute surrender of her will. Rather, we speak of her disposition to yield to her husband’s guidance and her inclination to follow his leadership.”~Ligon Duncan “Womanhood is a [...]
A Word To Ladies On Modesty
Ladies, your example to your daughters and to the other ladies of the church is so important. Your life is observed, your profession to Christ is measured, you devotion either questioned or applauded. Everything about you influences the younger women, those young in faith and the coming-along ladies. The way you speak, what you speak about, [...]
Al Hartman: …upon this earth…
Great God Almighty, our Father in heaven, Creator, Sustainer and Lord of all that is, that was, and that ever shall be, For all that is eternally true in Christ, I am not yet as I would that I were upon this earth: Not yet fit to praise You in holiness as you are [...]
Awash In Things “Christian”
We’re awash in things wearing the name “Christian”… We have “Christian” magazines, “Christian” books, “Christian” bookstores, “Christian” radio stations, “Christian” television stations, “Christian” mugs, “Christian“ candies, “Christian” t-shirts… We have “Christian” speakers, “Christian” writers, “Christian” talk-show hosts, “Christian” singers… We can buy “Christian” books on everything from cleaning your house to saving for retirement… We [...]
