Worship flows from love. Where love is meager, worship will be scant. Where love is deep, worship will overflow.– J. Oswald Sanders in Enjoying Intimacy with God
Here are some good posts to help parents think about their children and smartphones. You may not agree with everything, but these posts address some important issues and possible approaches.
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – Jean Twenge (Atlantic)
Should Teens Own Smartphones? – Tony Reinke (DG)
Twelve Tips for Parenting in the Digital Age – Tony Reinke (DG)
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
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