How do you know you’re being wise or foolish? How can we work toward putting wisdom to practice in day-to-day encounters? David Powlison in Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness, gives the following as examples of “good fruit” of wisdom. Keep your mouth shut, when you used to blurt out a reaction. Listen, when you…
This brother who wrote this is marked with a gospel security, humility, clarity and power that is deeply encouraging, challenging and refreshing. This is a POWERFUL word from this pastor on many, many levels…confession, speaking the truth in love, accountability, sin, repentance, the power of the gospel, humility, husbandry, pastoring, etc. I can’t say enough…
22 quotes (1 from each chapter) from J. Oswald Sander’s book Spiritual Leadership: Principles Of Excellence For Every Believer. True greatness, true leadership, is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. If the world is to hear the church’s voice today, leaders are needed who…
22 quotes (1 from each chapter) from J. Oswald Sander’s book Spiritual Leadership: Principles Of Excellence For Every Believer. True greatness, true leadership, is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. If the world is to hear the church’s voice today, leaders are needed who…
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Here’s three truths to remember when interacting with someone who doesn’t know/trust Jesus: God is sovereign. He has put me here and he had put them here so that they can hear the gospel. God is gracious. He loves as he loves Jesus. I’m a child of God. Their response to the gospel will not…
Here’s three truths to remember when interacting with someone who doesn’t know/trust Jesus: God is sovereign. He has put me here and he had put them here so that they can hear the gospel. God is gracious. He loves as he loves Jesus. I’m a child of God. Their response to the gospel will not…
This is taken from Rico Tice’s book, Honest Evangelism: how to talk about Jesus even when it’s tough. He writes, Mark 8 v 14 is Jesus’ description of what it will mean to follow him. It is on that no public relations expert or marketing department would ever come up with: ‘Whoever wants to by my…
David Powlison in Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness, gives the following examples that I found helpful regarding the “good fruit” of wisdom. Keep your mouth shut, when you used to blurt out a reaction. Listen, when you used to be busy crafting a comeback. Speak up courageously, when you used to get intimidated. Embed any specific…
Peaceable people lay aside warlike traits: defensiveness, aggression, criticism, self-justification, scoring points, touchiness to offenses. These moral weeds — the ‘filthiness and rampant wickedess’ that comes from the anger of man (James 1:20-21) — get plucked up by the roots and begin to wilt. Sweet fruit begins to grow as the Word of God and…
Theology Along the Way 