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Sometimes unintended sin is worse
From an earlier time in my life that I hope never to repeat. Pray with me that I would never be so blind. (From the archives of my old blog) Put this down as one of those “church planters need to pay...
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Praying Powerful Prayers
Sunday Musings I am convinced that when the historical backdrop is truly understood, most narrative texts require very little interpretation. When the historical situation is understood, when the...
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Ayn Rand no hero; Union Thugs; Dennis Miller; Divided Politics not Bad; Myth...
Weekend Links Some great videos and articles below. You will find help for your spirit, wisdom for your preaching, challenge for your thinking, and hope and direction for your present. You won’t find...
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The Courage to Confess Sin—What Bonhoeffer Still Teaches Us
“I never heard of the Gospel of Jesus Christ . . . of the cross, of sin and forgiveness, of death and life (while) in New York . . . only an ethical and social idealism which pins its faith to...
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Sometimes unintended sin is worse
Sometimes people don’t try to hurt each other, they just do. In fact, they may be passionate in their pursuit of God, faithful to deal with known sin in their lives, willing to repent of wrong...
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The Courage to Confess Sin—What Bonhoeffer Still Teaches Us
We cannot find the Cross of Jesus if we shrink from going to the place where it is to be found, namely, the public death of the sinner. For more see: The Courage to Confess Sin—What Bonhoeffer Still...
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Less Even than My Enemies Thought I Was
Wednesday is for Prayer (Soul searching at 3:32 AM) Psalm 8:9 O LORD, our LORDHow Majestic is your name in all the earth! Your name is holy . is mighty ....
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Every Christian Has a Cancer of the Soul
Thursday is for Repentance Every Christian has a cancer of the soul. In our better moments we know it. In our lesser moments, we forget. And the world around us suffers the consequences. We came to...
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The Soul’s Need for a Savior
Friday is for Heart Songs Read Psalm 51 and 2 Samuel 11 David’s sin and confession is an invitation for all of us to look with an unblinking eye at our hearts. (From the archives) Repulsed by a Look...
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The Courage to Confess Sin—What Bonhoeffer Still Teaches Us
Weekend Musings There are few books that I value more on my library (now close to 10,000 books, counting digital, about 5,500 and paper, 4,400) than Bonhoeffer’s Life Together. It is short, profound,...
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Dred Scott and the Need for Continuing Prayer
Sunday Afternoon Musings Last week someone visited my blog from a website called PrayThroughHistory.com. The tag line underneath the title really caught my attention, “Heal the Past. Free the Present....
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Bonhoeffer on Humility and Confession
Tuesday is for Reflection Why do we neglect confession of sin in the church? There would be no Church if the God did not lead us to confess our need for a Savior. There is therefore no way to escape...
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Resolves and Grace
Grace. Unmerited favor. The free and unmerited favor of God whereby He freely bestows His blessings and forgiveness on sinners. Grace is the healing generosity of God that touches us so powerfully that...
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Spirit of the Living God, Break Me in Pieces
For all the “broken” people who know the reality of need: “You see,” Dr. Iverson said, “If you are broken, you don’t have to ask to be used. God delights to use broken people. That’s the only way to...
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Self-Awareness, Confession, and Prayer
Wednesday is for Prayer If you want to truly learn to pray, breathe the air and spirit of these puritan prayer warriors. (Adapted here from Kairos Journal.) A Christian Cardiogram—Puritan Prayers If a...
View ArticlePsalm 25 Reading with the Pastor
Reading with the Pastor Proverbs 29, Hebrews 7, and Psalm 59 and Psalm 25 Read Psalm 25 For your name’s sake, O Lord, . pardon my guilt, for it is great. (Psalm 25:11) An awareness of sin....
View ArticlePsalm 70: Wanting to be Desperate
Read Psalm 70 Part of the periodic series, The Poetry Project. Wanting to be Desperate I read the first line and I heard desperation. I heard a heart bleed. I heard a spirit that was crushed under...
View ArticleBecause We Love the Lord . . .
Sanctifying the Day — A Morning Call to Worship “Because we love the Lord, our heart cries out, all that is within us cries out, ‘Bless His holy name!’ We don’t forget all His benefits; we don’t forget...
View ArticleFriday, Day 6, A Lament from a Spiritual Desert
Sometimes, God has to use a 2×4 to get our attention. Read Psalm 80 and 102 Psalm 102 is a personal lament prayer of one who is afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord....
View Article“Make My Life a Prayer to You”
It is hard to find other artists that cover any of Keith Green’s songs. He is hard to copy. His songs are deeply personal and confessional. They are pitched for his voice and style. But I think the...
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