What stops you from changing? Whom or what do you blame for your sin? Do you ever hear yourself thinking or saying one of the following? They provoke me. If they’d only help me or love me more. I take after my family. It’s the way I am. People don’t understand what it’s like for…
Before I continue it is important to remember that anger is not the actual problem; anger is the manifestation or “coming-out” due to a person not receiving something they believe they deserve. So according to Scripture it’s not simply that a person struggles with anger, it’s more biblically accurate to say that a person is…
There have been lots of tools I’ve used to disciple men over the years (books, articles, doctrinal studies, etc.) and some have been better or more effective than others. One downfall of books and articles is that many times they’re weak on Bible reading and discussion. Where else do we come to understand who God…
Dr. Bruce Ware, in his book Father, Son, & Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles and Relevance gives ten reasons to focus on the wonder of the Trinity that I found helpful and insightful. The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most distinguishing doctrines of the Christian faith and therefore is deserving of our careful study, passionate…
Posted By Don Carson On March 5, 2014 @ 5:00 am Exodus 17; Luke 20; Job 35; 2 Corinthians 5 THINGS ARE NEVER QUITE AS GOOD as they might be. Or if for a brief moment they are as good as you can imagine them, if for a while you seem to suck in the nectar of…
Several years ago a friend of mine shared with me about a discussion he had with a well-known Senator that I believe has some relevance regarding the life of the church. The story goes that he was given the pretty cool assignment of escorting a Senator around an air show that this particular military base…
Several years ago a friend of mine share with me about a discussion he had with a well-known Senator that I humbly believe has some relevance to the life of the church. The story goes that he was given the pretty cool assignment of escorting a Senator around the air show that the military base…
Every other month we rally the men of our church together where we spend time talking about how to be faithful to Jesus in the areas of marriage, parenting and church-life. We’re currently reading through D. A. Carson’s A Call to Spiritual Reformation. As someone who is always interested in seeing how people invest, train and equip…
Two paragraphs in Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus give us a powerful profile for testing our maturity levels in Christ (1 Tim 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-10). The following list depicts spiritual qualifications from both letters: Overall spiritual maturity (a well-rounded man) Above reproach (a man of good reputation) The husband of one wife (morally pure/faithful)…
Here’s a good word from R. C. Sproul in Intimate Marriage. In every single marriage that ends in disaster, some stupid decisions were made with respect to God’s regulations. If God’s regulations were followed scrupulously, there would not only be no divorce, there would be no unhappy marriage. To violate the regulations of God is not…
