“Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4–5) What’s true about life in general is also true about the Christian life in particular. You and I are in a little boat. […]
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Life’s Highest Aim
This is what the LORD says: “Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches. But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: That they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who demonstrates unfailing love […]
Read MoreKeeping Your Balance
Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn’t really know very much. (1 Corinthians 8:2) Here are three principles to help us stay balanced and be wise in our pursuit of knowledge. No one person has all the truth. Healthy Christians, young and old alike, maintain a variety in their diet. They draw truth […]
Read MoreSix Reasons for Knowing God’s Word
Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, […]
Read MoreIgnorance Is Not Bliss!
I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return. (Philippians 1:9–10) I want to state openly and forcefully that […]
Read MoreThinking Theologically
“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 Thinking theologically is a tough thing to do. It works against our human and horizontal perspective on life. Thinking vertically is a discipline few […]
Read MoreChange Your Routine
Following the sixth day of creation, the Lord God deliberately stopped working. He rested. It wasn’t that there was nothing else He could have done. It certainly wasn’t because He was exhausted. Omnipotence never gets tired!
Read MoreMake Leisure Part of Your Day
How do you get good at getting the rest God said was good for you? How do you get good at leisure? We can, of course, nod in agreement to all we’ve discussed in the past couple days about how important it is to rest.
Read MoreIs Fatigue Next to Godliness?
Now here’s a rhyme I’ll never understand: Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? / I’ve been to London to look at the queen. / Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there? / I frightened a little mouse under the chair.
Read MoreThe Real you
Becoming Authentic to the Core by Pastor Chuck Swindoll The LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8) Most can snuff out a religious phoney coming a mile away. Few odours […]
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