Tag: Christian Growth

Passion Points

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Here are some great posts for your weekend reading:

Full of Grace and Truth – Kevin DeYoung
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately.  We all need to strive for both and tend to lean toward one or the other.  The need is great as we relate to each other and to our culture. This post says it well – please read!

Students, Don’t Waste Your Summer – Jeff Brewer (TGC)
Here are some great ideas for all of us whether you are a student or not.

“One Anothers” I Can’t Find in the New Testament – Ray Ortlund
Sanctify one another, humble one another, scrutinize one another, pressure one another, embarrass one another, corner one another, interrupt one another, defeat one another, sacrifice one another, shame one another, judge one another, run one another’s lives, confess one another’s sins, intensify one another’s sufferings, point out one another’s failings . . . .  Indeed!

4 Reasons to Give Generously – J. I. Packer (Crossway)
It’s Packer and it’s important, so go ahead and read it…and live it too!

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day showing grace and truth and the proper “one anothers” with your local church!

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As I continue to try to catch up on the last month, this edition will focus on Growing in Godliness.  All of these links are well worth the look…and time for reflection.

We’ll start with Kevin DeYoung’s Ditches on the Path to Godliness.  We tend to either think on one hand that the path is easy or on the hand that the path is impossible.  As DeYoung puts it:  In contrast to these two dangers, those on the path of holiness realize that growth is possible and it is also hard work.

Recognizing the ditches, how can we grow in godliness?  Dane Ortlund asked several Christian leaders what they thought the key to growth was.  The answers are thought-provoking.

But why do we grow so slowly?  What holds us back?  Ray Ortlund quotes Archibald Alexander who gives us three reasons we make so little progress. 

Finally, as we remember that growing in godliness is a path through life rather than a destination, check out these beautiful and often amazing pictures of roads.