What do you do to feed your soul? That is, what do you do to insure that the information your encounter from the Bible (Sermons, ABF classes, devotional reading, etc.) not only goes into your mind but transforms your heart? Is your soul/spirit refreshed or weary? Why? Think of a time when your inner man …
Category: Spiritual Formation
Reading in Spiritual Formation
I have the privilege of teaching a class (about once a year) at LBC on Spiritual Formation. Each year when I begin preparing for the class I try to read 4-5 new books. So, with the class about 4 months away here’s is the list of books I am reading. Over the next week weeks …
Praying Scripture (part 2)
I had the privilege Sunday night to hear Pastor Eric Crichton share on praying scripture. Pastor Crichton was the second pastor of Calvary Church and continues to serve and attend Calvary. Example Not only was what he shared wonderful (more below) but what really struck and impacted me was his example. He was so excited …
Praying Scripture (part 1)
I’ve been involved in teaching and organizing a series entitles, Praying Scripture or Using Scripture in personal prayer. Praying Scripture is the use of Scripture, God’s Word to stimulate praying either through making the very words of Scripture ours, or by agreeing wholeheartedly with the thoughts. This can be divided into two parts: Praying Scripture–using …
Psalm 47
This past week I taught our men’s ministry Bible study. The topic is Living as Real Men in a Godless Society. Our aim is to lay a biblical foundation that will enable men to examine the influence of our culture and rather than allowing our culture to squeeze us, choosing to allow the Bible to …
Counter-Cultural Christians
Christians need to be counter-cultural. Not simply by voting or participating in the political process, but even more significant by living counter-culturally. What are the moral inclinations of our society? What philosophy is being propagated in our culture? How do the moral values of our society clash with the God-given values of the Bible? A …
Drifting toward Holiness?
“People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of …