some thoughts

Part 2: What it Means to ‘Love…as we are Loved’
“Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.” [Psalm 36:5]
Last week we looked at what it means to have a Master—or, what it means to be Mastered. We discovered that it means his commands are non-negotiable: we must say […]

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Part 1: What it Means to be ‘Mastered’
“Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?“ [Luke 6:46, NASB]
We have no idea what it really means to have a Master—rather, to be mastered. We having nothing in our world to compare it to. But we desperately need to […]

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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;all those who practice it have good understanding.” [Psalm 111:10]“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only,deceiving yourselves.” [James 1:22]
We’ve probably all heard of ‘practicing the presence of the Lord’ (a la Brother Lawrence), but what does it mean to ‘practice the […]

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A fervent young man replied to our last devotional with only two sentences. I’ll keep his identity private, but I thought he made an excellent point, but unfortunately didn’t apply it. His first sentence read: “I refuse to vote for a man who is responsible for the death of thousands of innocent people around […]

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“…[destroying] arguments and lofty opinions raised against the knowledge of God,and [taking] every thought captive to obey Christ.” [2 Corinthians 10:5]
What an amazing state of confusion and unrest our country is in! Lies, slander, accusations, denials; it’s almost enough to make anyone step into the sidelines of political awareness and/or activity. One group of people […]

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PART III. Wherein the zealous Promoters of this Work have been injuriously blamed.: “Though, as I said before, clearness of distinction and illustration, and strength of reason, and a good method, in the doctrinal handling of the truths of religion, is many ways needful and profitable, and not to be neglected; yet an increase in […]

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5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. [Proverbs 3:5-6, ESV]
I’m sure you’ve heard or read this verse before—you may even have it memorized. And […]

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“Ye search the scriptures because ye think that in them ye have life. But they testify of me.”
This is not so much an argument against scriptural authority as it is against a Christ-less reading of Scripture. I think his point is this: “They testify of me; if you’re reading them and not getting me, […]

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I’ve recently finished Elisabeth Elliot’s God’s Guidance: A Slow and Certain Light, and Garry Friesen’s Decision-Making and the Will of God. The former was quite warm, and filled with experience. The latter was like a steamroller–528 pages that, strangely, read quite quickly.
I’m nearly convinced of Friesen’s ‘Way of Wisdom,’ but not just yet. It […]

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No devo this week–sorry. Stay tuned!

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