Establish Your Hearts

"Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand."
James 5:8

We must prepare ourselves for our Christ. It is not the Christian duty to simply wander through life; it is not our place to merely avoid things we would deem as unclean. James had already …

More Grace

"But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, 'God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.'"
James 4:6

What a beautiful promise. I'm not sure if there is much sweeter a statement in the Bible. Of course there are many equally sweet promises and phrases in …

He gives. We Receive.

"Then his wife said to him, 'Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.' But he said to her, 'You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?' In all this Job did not sin with his …

What Shall We Do?

"'Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus who you crucified.' Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'"
Acts …

We Will Reap

"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."
Galatians 6:9

Here we have a verse that is set up with a problem, a promise, and a condition. The problem is that ministry can suck. Ministry, well doing, doing good, …

The Process of Revival (pt. 1?)

So I was driving down Airport Blvd. when I saw a church sign that read "40 Days to Revival." It's this Sunday's message. It sparked some thoughts, and that's what this is.

I've been in church a long time, growing up in predominantly Charismatic settings. I've been at …

Aggravations No More

I had a meeting today. I happened to get there early. Twenty minutes early, actually.

I thought that Ken would be free, otherwise I wouldn't have "wasted my time" in getting there so early. But, he wasn't free. He was in another meeting with another pastor at the …

Response to Rabbi Kushner

(Author: John Piper)

From 11 to 12 this morning, Gary Eichten of Minnesota Public Radio interviewed Rabbi Harold Kushner about the collapse of the 35W bridge. Kushner is best known for his book When Bad Things Happen to Good People. There were several astonishing …