To those who believe in Christ there are no works so bad as to accuse and condemn us, but again, there are no works so good that they could save and defend us. –Martin Luther, ‘Judgment on Monastic Vows,’ in Luther’s Works, 44:301 Repost from Dane Ortlund
Category: Wisdom
Self promoting or promoted by God
Jonathan Edwards (in Charity And Its Fruits): If you are selfish, and make yourself and your own private interests your idol, God will leave you to yourself, and let you promote your own interests as well as you can. But if you do not selfishly seek your own, but do seek the things that are …
Questions to Identifying your Idols
This is a repost, first seen on Resurgence, but are from the a book Seeing With New Eyes by David Powlison. How to identify your idols 1. What do I worry about most? 2. What, if I failed or lost it, would cause me to feel that I did not even want to live? 3. …
Evaluating and Inspecting Our Lives so we can Thrive
Thanks Dave Loveless In the early 1720’s John & Charles Wesley were students at Oxford University in England. While there they began to refine a process for increasing piety through a systematic practice of personal accountability. The brothers encouraged other classmates to gather with them weekly for the purpose of discipleship and accountability. Out of …
The Gospel!
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If Error is Harmless then Truth is Useless
I saw this quotes as I was reading a review and extensive dialogue about the new Rob Bell book, Love Wins. I won’t comment on the book based on the reviews of others–I do hope to read it when it comes out. Â Because of the popularity of Rob Bell and his considerable communication skills, his …
Prayer: For your soul
This is the second in an occasional series seeking to learn from the prayers of others. From John Piper Do you have a main prayer for yourself that you come back to again and again? Mine changes only slightly from year to year. Different words come to mind with different meditations on the central truth …