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• Spurgeon on Authentic Earnestness in the Pulpit

  
  By Every Word... — Authority: 423
  (What Spurgeon says here applies to singers and musicians too....) "Earnestness in the pulpit must be real. It is not to be mimicked..... To sham earnestness is one of the most contemptible of dodges for courting popularity; let us abhor the very thought. "Go and be listless in the pulpit if you are so in heart. ...
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• Make This The Moment!

  
  Revitalize Your Church — Authority: 130
  “Lord, make this the moment of my full salvation! Baptize me now with the Holy Ghost, and the fire of pure love. Now, cleanse the thoughts of my heart, Let me perfectly love thee.” -- Prayer of Hester Ann Rogers, early Methodist leader (from An Account of the Experiences of Hester Ann Rogers ...
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• Advent 16 : The Repentance Of God

  
  kairos : kisses — Authority: 125
  To ‘repent’ means to turn around, to make a change of direction. We’ve narrowed that massively, so that we tend to understand repentance as turning from something wrong – as turning from a sinful way of living (i.e. living in broken relationship with God and neighbour) to a righteous way of living (i.e. ...
  2 days ago

• The Long on North Island

  
  Random Musings from a Doctor's Chair — Authority: 127
  Memories of New Zealand #5: New Friend, New Country One of the highlight of my New Zealand trip is to meet my blogger and spiritual friend, Pastor Paul Long of Kelston Community Church in Auckland. Paul blogs at Paul Longs Rambling . It is a wonder of the Internet that though we have been friends for many ...
  2 days ago

• A Quick Question

  
  Are We There Yet? — Authority: 103
  Is it possible to love someone while at the same time trying to prove how right you are?
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• Advent 15 : A Light For John The Baptist

  
  kairos : kisses — Authority: 125
  The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” — “a voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” And so John came, ...
  3 days ago

• True Meaning of Christmas -- pt. 3

  
  By Every Word... — Authority: 423
  John Piper gives some ways to talk about the meaning of Christmas .
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• Comfort For Sinners Who Cling To Christ

  
  The Cruciform Life Blog — Authority: 114
  “To run and work the law commands,Yet gives me neither feet nor hands;But better news the gospel brings:It bids me fly and gives me wings.”- Attributed to John Bunyan, quoted by Jason C. Mayer in The End of The Law (Nashville, TN: B & H Publishing, 2009), 2.“Christian! the only thing that makes you differ ...
  4 days ago

• Where is forgiveness to be found?

  
  By Every Word... — Authority: 423
  “Where must a man go for pardon? Where is forgiveness to be found? There is a way both sure and plain and that way is simply to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior. It is to cast your soul, with all its sins, unreservedly on Christ, – to cease completely from any dependence on your own works or doings, ...
  4 days ago

• Does Your Marriage Strengthen Your Faith?

  
  The Feral Pastor — Authority: 116
  I think the idea that a shared faith life can strengthen your marriage is pretty common, but Ive been musing about the reverse: Do you intentionally look to your marriage as a "platform" from which you pursue your faith? Put another way, is your primary life partner your primary faith partner? I came to this from a ...
  4 days ago

• Advent: More than Words…Living

  
  iCrucified — Authority: 121
  I continue to spend time meditating on this Advent season; more words are stimulating my thoughts. Additionally, the books I am reading to stimulate my thou ghts have really been helpful with this Advent journey.  Words that are presently stimulating my thoughts follow: Parousia – (literally divine presence ) ...
  5 days ago

• Satans Opposition to the Word of God

  
  By Every Word... — Authority: 423
  “There is nothing truer to the portrayal of Satan than a determination to undermine the word of God, to get people to live on any other basis than revelation.” - J. A. Motyer Look to the Rock HT: The Big Picture
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• Idea of Loving God to Loving God

  
  Random Musings from a Doctor's Chair — Authority: 127
  Another good reflection from Mark Galli. Christianity Today, December (Web-Only), 2009 SoulWork Waiting for Jesus to Show Up Moving from loving the idea of loving God to loving God. Mark Galli | posted 12/10/2009 10:33AM R obert Louis Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island , ...
  5 days ago

• Joy Expressed – Thoughts from the Edge

  
  The Edge of the Inside — Authority: 422
  Sometimes we face life experiences that slap us in the face. For any number of reasons people oppose us. On other occasions what we believe is undermined by those who mock our convictions. And, we may face the ruptures among friends who would be leaders in our own self-selected group. Enter Paul writing to Jesus ...
  5 days ago

• The Only Antidote To Sin Is The Gospel

  
  The Cruciform Life Blog — Authority: 114
  Contrary to what many Christian’s have concluded, the gospel doesn’t just ignite the Christian life; it’s the fuel that keeps Christians going every day and in every way. Once God rescues sinners, his plan isn’t to steer them beyond the gospel but to move them more deeply into it. After all, the only antidote ...
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• Preaching in the Missional Church

  
  lifeasmission — Authority: 124
  I get a huge amount of joy out of teaching & preaching.  I once took a spiritually oriented personality profile test sort of thing that articulated my bent toward preaching like this: The Teacher leader focuses on the integration of truth into the personal and social elements of the community. I’m thinking ...
  6 days ago

• Counterfeit Saviors

  
  By Every Word... — Authority: 423
  “If we are deeply moved by the sight of his love for us, it detaches our hearts from other would-be saviors. We stop trying to redeem ourselves through our pursuits and relationships, because we are already redeemed. We stop trying to make others into saviors, because we have a Savior.” - Timothy Keller, ...
  6 days ago

• What can I do?

  
  Deep Breathing for the Soul — Authority: 112
  It’s 2 degrees here, with howling winds that drive the windchill well below zero. I am inconvenienced by such weather–car doors freeze shut, roads are a bit slick. But I slept in a warm bed. I had hot tea and breakfast this morning. I can shower with hot water in my own home, or at the health club after my ...
  6 days ago

• Links Links Links

  
  Thinking Out Loud — Authority: 128
  Once again, we bring you the finest in links that you won’t see on any other blogs, except for the ones we got from other blogs. To begin with, a five-minute advent meditation at YouTube with music by Jeff Johnson, titled The Coming of the Lord . David Fitch at the blog, Reclaiming the Mission ...
  6 days ago

• How to Know When God Is Truly at Work

  
  By Every Word... — Authority: 423
  "In The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God (1741), Jonathan Edwards pulled out of 1 John 4 the biblical indicators that God is at work, even if the people involved are complicating it with their own sins and eccentricities. The true gold of grace is discernible in these four ways: "One, when our ...
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