This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”
From Dallas Willard in The Divine Conspiracy:
Intense devotion to God by the individual or group brings substantial outward success. Outward success brings a
I've really been enjoying Iain Murray's two-volume biography of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. In the second volume, Murray contrasts the preaching of the Doctor with some of the other preaching
Martyn Lloyd-Jones was seriously out of step with preachers in his day who focused on delivering messages focused on the well-being and happiness of the hearers. Lloyd-Jones took the opposite approach, saying:
The
Because the Gospel is good news about what God has done through Christ, I always cringe a little when I hear people talk about living the Gospel. I know what they mean, but