How would you describe your spiritual growth? How do you measure it? How does it compare with last year? Do you want to change it for the better? Join me as we read the Bible in 2016! Thinking about reading through the Bible in a year may seem a little overwhelming. But it shouldn’t be….
I am resolved no longer to linger, Charmed by the world’s delight, Things that are higher, things that are nobler, These have allured my sight. Refrain: I will hasten to Him, Hasten so glad and free; Jesus, greatest, highest, I will come to Thee. I am resolved to go to the Savior, Leaving my sin…
Here is a really good post from DesiringGod on reading the Bible. Per DG’s request, I have taken the content of David Mathis’s article verbatim, with changes only to open a new tab/window with each of the links. There is some science to good Bible reading. It’s important to know the fundamentals of language…
I didn’t grow up as a Baptist. I wasn’t saved in a Baptist church. I didn’t become a Baptist until I had been a Christian for thirteen years. So why did I become a Baptist? I grew up in another division. I say this because “denomination” is a math term and is related to division….
One of my concerns over the years is the popular idea of encouraging people to “pray a prayer to accept Jesus into their hearts”. According the new International Mission Board President, David Platt, doing this is superstitious and dangerous. I took a class on World Religions when I was at UNC-Chapel Hill. Obviously, this class…
Call it coincidence or the providence of God, but I have found myself reading a couple of books which remarkably parallel each other, my daily through-the-Bible reading plan and my preparation for a sermon series on the Ten Commandments at church. I think this is the third time that I have read JI Packer’s Knowing…
