Simply put, all preachers are finite, and we must rely upon the infinite power of God in our pulpit ministries.– Steven Lawson in Expositor (Winter 2018)
Q/A#11
Q: Who are people?
A: People are God’s special creation, created either male or female, each with body and soul joined together.
So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him,
male and female he created them.
– Genesis 1:27 (ESV)
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. – Matthew 10:28 (ESV)
For Further Reflection
Psalm 139:13-18, Genesis 1-2
Our Response
Realize you are special!
Praise God!
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
J. I. Packer on the 6 Things You Should Tell Yourself Every Day – Justin Taylor (TGC)
Spiritual adoption is a big deal for the practical theology of J. I. Packer….
Always Count the Cost – Tim Challies
There are at least four costs to being a Christian—costs that we do not pay once, but over the whole course of our Christian lives….
Help! I Keep Losing My Temper – J. Alasdair Groves (Crossway)
Losing your temper is a lot like losing your car keys—you never choose to and it always seems to happen at the worst moments.
Specific Ways You Can Pray for Your Pastor – Geoffrey R. Kirkland
1. To have an insatiable hunger for God’s Word.
2. To feed regularly & be filled joyfully from communing with God in His Word….
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day!
Setting apart an entire day, one out of seven, for feasting and resting and worship and play is a gift and not a burden, and neglecting the gift too long will make your soul, like soil never left fallow, hard and dry and spent.– Mark Buchanan in The Rest of God
Everything in our Christian life and service flows from our relationship with God. If we are not in vital fellowship with Him, everything else will be out of focus.– J. Oswald Sanders in Enjoying Intimacy with God
Here are some good posts on preaching:
Two Common Mistakes Preachers Make – John Piper (DG)
5 Myths about Preaching – Joel Beeke (Crossway)
3 Things Not to Do After You Preach – Dave Harvey (TGC)
All man’s ideologies are spiritually bankrupt. They are impoverished in their inability to save. God alone is the Author of saving wisdom. Every preacher must be deeply persuaded of this reality, or he has no right to the pulpit. – Steven Lawson in The Kind of Preaching God Blesses
Porcupine Mountains in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
– Psalm 19:1
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
– Romans 1:20
Here are some good posts for your weekend reading:
Why We Grow So Slowly – Ray Ortlund
In his Thoughts on Religious Experience, Archibald Alexander asked why we grow so slowly as Christians….
Let’s Just Be Honest and Admit We Hate One Another – Mike Leake
…hatred does four things. First, it keeps alive ill feelings towards others. It keeps stoking the flames. Secondly, it continually finds faults at the infirmities of others. Thirdly, it turns the least little slip into a big deal. And lastly, it has deep bitterness toward the most trifling or even imaginary thing—it wants to be mad.
Six Steps Out of Disappointment – David Murray (DG)
Our hopes are dashed. Our dreams are shattered. Our expectations are unfulfilled. External events and the decisions of others produce the agony of disappointment….how do we recover from it?
The Key To Making the Most Out of Congregational Singing – Tim Challies
When you know the people, you know their song. While you sing with them, you sing for them. You sing not as fifty or a hundred individuals, but as a single community. You sing to minister and you sing to be ministered to.
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day!
Without rest, we miss the rest of God: the rest he invites us to enter more fully so that we might know him more deeply. “Be still, and know that I am God.” Some knowing is never pursued, only received. And for that, you need to be still.
– Mark Buchanan in The Rest of God
Brian J. Mikul 