I had an “aha” moment as I read a chapter from JI Packer’s “Knowing God“. Salvation comes, not as someone comes to “accept Christ”, but rather as someone comes to be accepted by Him. This turns on its head a lot of our evangelism training by showing our need for being accepted, rather than being…
Last week, I talked about the importance of reading the Bible in 2014. I hope you took to heart my encouragement to get started with a Bible Reading Plan. But as important as it is to read the Bible, it isn’t enough. We must also spend time thinking about what we’re reading. That’s the purpose…
Yesterday I suggested that we approach our Bible reading as a means of growing our relationship with God, rather than looking at it as something we’re supposed to do like eating our veggies and flossing daily. Yesterday, we looked at the right “why” of reading the Bible Today, I want to look at the “how”…
Another day, another Facebook post. And another blog post. A friend referred to an article on The Christian Left’s website. The article asked if premarital sex was a sin. The author goes into great detail, spanning some seven pages of text, to argue that premarital sex is not a sin. He says that the Greek…
God said something very surprising in today’s Bible reading. “I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” So Samuel became angry and cried out to the Lord [all] night. (1Sam 15:11 HCSB) God gave very specific instructions to Saul: kill everything…
Note: This post was copied from John Piper at Desiring God: Don’t rest on past reading. Read your Bible more and more every year. Read it whether you feel like reading it or not. And pray without ceasing that the joy return and pleasures increase. Three reasons this is not legalism: You are confessing your…
