Josh Hunt's Blog, page 55
March 2, 2023
Why is “Holy, Holy, Holy” repeated three times?
Isaiah had gotten off to a pretty good start in ministry. He had a good reputation and was making quite a name for himself. He was one of Israel’s premier preachers. But one day Isaiah had an encounter he was not ready for. He found himself face to face with the God he claimed to […]
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Any old bush will do
Ian Thomas is a friend of mine, a great Bible teacher. And I love what Ian Thomas had to say about old Moses out in the wilderness. You remember, Moses was the man who came out in the wilderness, and he saw the burning bush. You remember that story? There was a bush, and it […]
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March 1, 2023
The Spiritual Discipline of Silence and Solitude
My favorite short story is “The Bet,” by Anton Chekhov, a Russian writer of the last half of the nineteenth century. The plot involves a wager between two educated men regarding solitary confinement. A wealthy, middle-aged banker believed that the death penalty was a more humane penalty than solitary confinement because “an executioner kills at […]
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February 28, 2023
Love at its best is a little bit selfish
The reason there is so much misery in marriage is not that husbands and wives seek their own pleasure, but that they do not seek it in the pleasure of their spouses. The biblical mandate to husbands and wives is to seek your own joy in the joy of your spouse. Make marriage a matrix […]
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February 27, 2023
Kairos and Chronos
Amy Carmichael has beautifully bound together in her poem the two ancient concepts of time. One, expressed by the Greek word chronos, refers to “the minutes of our hours,” or the notion of duration and succession. The other, kairos, is what Dr. James Houston calls “time evaluated,” signifying instrumentation and purpose. “Man needs to see […]
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February 26, 2023
Why We Need Revival
The church today needs many things, but its most critical shortfall is not larger attendance, money, buildings, or programs. Its greatest need is for revival. Our generation must experience revival, or our churches face increasing irrelevance and ultimately God’s judgment. There are those who would adamantly disagree. They would effusively point to the proliferation of […]
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The Majesty of God
Our word majesty comes from the Latin; it means greatness. When we ascribe majesty to someone, we are acknowledging greatness in that person, and voicing our respect for it: as, for instance, when we speak of “Her Majesty” the Queen. Now, majesty is a word which the Bible uses to express the thought of the […]
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It is time for revival
For decades sincere believers have asked, “Why don’t we have revival?” And for decades the answer has always been the same: We don’t have revival because we’re willing to live without it! . . . Sure we want revival. But we don’t need revival. That’s the difference. God will meet us at the point of […]
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February 25, 2023
Questions (and answers) about revival
Along with these misconceptions are several important issues that must be examined in any serious study of revival. The following are some of the most challenging issues related to revival. We will touch on them here but will address them more fully throughout the remainder of the book. Does Revival Represent What Normal Christianity Should […]
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The Spiritual Discipline of Fasting
Quick. What do people who fast look like? What kinds of people come to your mind? Do they appear a bit strange? Are they John the Baptist types? Legalists? Health nuts? Does Jesus come to your mind when you think of fasting and “fasters”? Jesus both practiced and taught fasting, you know. And yet, fasting […]
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