Running after God’s blessings without running after him
From D.A. Carson's A Call to Spiritual Reformation:
So much of our religion is packaged to address our felt needs – and these are almost uniformly anchored in our pursuit of
The Bible is not about you
From Bekah's Weblog:
Too often when we study scripture, we start with the wrong question: "What does this say to/about me?" If we start our study asking, "
One thing missing from your ministry
Tullian Tchividjian tells a story that’s stuck with me the past few days:
I remember being at a conference years ago when, during the panel discussion between the various speakers, one of
Therapeutic Gospel
David Powlison writes about the therapeutic gospel, which is probably one of the most common forms of anthropocentric (human-centered) preaching:
When this way of looking at things is ported into Christianity, then the
Every Spiritual Blessing (Ephesians 1:3-14)
We get to be part of something big that God is doing.