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November 11, 2015
What We Believe: Understanding and Confessing the Apostles’ Creed [Book]
What We Believe: Understanding and Confessing the Apostles’ Creed by R. C. Sproul (Baker, 2015) R. C. Sproul’s new book,
What We Believe
, is a reprint of his 1998 volume,
Renewing Your Mind
. But its subject remains as fresh as the day Sproul wrote it. Indeed, its theme is timeless. The book does what its subtitle promises it offers: Understanding and Confessing the Apostles’ Creed. Systematically going through each phrase of the creed, Sproul explains its meaning, offeri...
Nebi Samwil—A Site with Wisdom Ignored
Solomon's defining moment can also become ours.
Most travelers to Jerusalem never think to come to Nebi Samwil. The minaret towering above the hill looks like a misplaced lighthouse searching for the sea. On a clear day, a visitor can spy the Mediterranean to the west.
(Photo: Nebi Samwil. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Although few come here today, there were few more important places in David’s and Solomon’s time—if any. In fact, it signified Solomon’s most defining momen...
November 9, 2015
How to Capture and Save Great Quotes
Whether in a Book, an E-Book, an Audiobook, or Wherever
Great quotes seem unforgettable—until they slip our minds. We get great quotes everywhere from magazines to sermons to blogs to books. The challenge comes with trying to capture them.
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When you come across a great quote, how often have you thought, Oh, I need to write that down later. But later never comes.
How can you capture great quotes so they don’t vanish after you read or hear them? I’ll sidestep the...
Quote by Jonathan Edwards on our duty beyond avoiding sinful things. [Quote]
It is our duty, not only to avoid those things that are themselves sinful, but also, as far as may be, those things that lead and expose to sin. Keep reading this post. Better still, get my full posts the easy way when you SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG. When you do, I’ll also send you my FREE e-book!
Jonathan EdwardsThe Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume One (Banner of Truth, 1974), 227.
November 6, 2015
Your Christian Life is a Daily Two-Step
How success boils down to 2 decisions you make every day.
How can you do what you should do when you’d rather do anything else? We know this marks the difference between success and failure. We struggle with the how.
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Long before Jesus lugged His cross down the Via Dolorosa, He had issued a command to all who would follow Him:
If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. —Mark 8:34
The Christian life follows the...
November 4, 2015
The Via Dolorosa—and the True Way of Suffering
Looking Beyond Tradition to the Historical Path Jesus Walked
Jerusalem’s modern Via Dolorosa, the “Way of Suffering,” remembers the route Jesus walked with His cross from Pilate’s Praetorium to Calvary.
(Photo: The Ecce Homo arch spans the Via Dolorosa. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
The Via Dolorosa of today marks an exercise in faith more than fact, and its stops or “stations” reflect Catholic tradition more than history. Popularized by Sandi Patti’s hit song in 1991, the...
November 2, 2015
15 Habits That Can Totally Transform Your Spiritual Life
Habits work off God's hardwiring for success.
You make decisions each day. Make the same decisions often enough and they becomes habits—powerful, God-given gifts to help you walk with God and stay healthy.
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Imagine if you had to relearn to tie your shoes, drive a car, or find your way to work each day. God designed our brains to search for and create patterns of efficiency—to move into “autopilot” so that our conscious brain can focus on other choices.
In Charl...
November 1, 2015
Money-Making Mom: How Every Woman Can Earn More and Make a Difference [Book]
Money-Making Mom: How Every Woman Can Earn More and Make a Difference by Crystal Paine (Thomas Nelson, 2015) Crystal Paine’s new book,
Money-Making Mom
, gives needed inspiration to wives and mothers on tight budgets that they can help support their family by simply doing what they do best—and making a business out of it. Keep reading this post. Better still, get my full posts the easy way when you SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG. When you do, I’ll also send you my FREE e-book!
...October 31, 2015
The Word of Promise: New Testament Audio Bible Review [Book]
The Word of Promise: New Testament Audio Bible Review by GOD (Thomas Nelson, 2007) I recently completed listening to the whole Bible in a year while commuting. In years past, I had only read the Bible through. But listening was a marvelous experience.
This collection of 20 CDs, The Word of Promise: New Testament Audio Bible, offers a wonderful way to consume Scripture.
Keep reading this post. Better still, get my full posts the easy way when you SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG. W...
October 30, 2015
Your Favorite Quotes
Last week I asked you to share your favorite quotes (other than those found in the Bible). I got some great responses. I’ll share some of them below—as well as some of my favorite quotes.
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One quote rose to the top, mentioned more than once:
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose. —Jim Elliot
That quote from Elliot’s journal has long lived in the hearts of Christians since Elliot’s martyrdom in 1956.
You offered some other...
