How the World Met C.S. Lewis
“Made for another world” but helping believers and skeptics alike understand Christian hope for the past 80 years.
Lewis lived in a time and place in desperate need of hope. He offered that hope by articulating the truths of the Christian worldview. Lewis did not bring novelty to the people of Britain during the war. He simply brought the truth and communicated it in a way that could be understood and applied. ... Continue Reading
Five Paradoxes of Preaching (Stott)
The fifth paradox is thoughtful and passionate, by which we mean that in all authentic preaching the mind and the emotions are both engaged; clear thinking and deep feeling are combined.
How can anybody preach the gospel of Christ crucified and not feel moved by it? Other preachers are all fire and no light. They rant and rave in the pulpit. They work themselves up into a frenzy like the prophets of Baal. Every sermon is one long, fervent, even interminable appeal. But the people are... Continue Reading
Magnificent Messiah
The Lord Jesus Christ, having made purification for sins, has sat down at the right hand of the Father in the majestic heights.
He reigns, for us, at the right hand of God; He dwells forever in the Heavenly Zion-Sanctuary; He is King and God over those celestial courts which He has purified by His blood. Relish the height of the Mount “not beclouded in smoke” but “happily drenched in the eternally-efficacious blood of the crucified, risen, exalted,... Continue Reading
When Elders Disagree
A Pathway for Pastoral Conflicts
Throughout the whole process, seek to extend grace to the fellow elders that God has designed to lead his church. A plurality of elders is a precious gift of God. Where one elder might be quick, bold, or decisive, others balance him out with gentleness, discernment, thoughtfulness, and pastoral care. And where some elders may... Continue Reading
Matthew Henry, A Method for Prayer
Matthew Henry points out, prayer needs to made for the world in general.
Henry’s book is a fine work, however, as wonderful as the book is, the Alliance has done a great service by taking Method and putting it in form for daily prayers. The free subscription provides a daily prayer addressing any of a variety of subjects with their lengths running to three or four hundred words. For more... Continue Reading
Discipleship in the Family
We have hearts, spiritual centers of our being, from which our behaviors flow.
The Bible also teaches that our hearts are born in corruption (Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:12), thus the members of the family—both parents and children—ultimately need to have their problems solved from the inside out. That brings parents back to the Great Commission. The fundamental need of discipleship is a new heart cleansed from sin. Only Christ can... Continue Reading
Examples Of Victorious Death
History is full of tens of thousands of saints who have died victoriously in Jesus with great joy, despite the affliction death brought.
Scotsman, David Dickson (c. 1583–1662), well-known for writing the first commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith and for his commentaries on the Psalms, Matthew, and Hebrews. When his friends were gathered around his deathbed, one of them asked him when in the throes of a painful death what he was thinking. Dickson replied, “I... Continue Reading
“Be Doers of My Preference”
It is scary how simple it is for the devil, not to change the Bible, but to twist it (2 Peter 3:16).
Somehow (I still wonder how He did it), God pulled me out of this prideful place, and made me see that I was pushing my preferences and not God’s Word. I actually didn’t change my mind about much of what I thought, I just changed the way that I spoke and thought about it. Now,... Continue Reading
Preparing for Death Every Sunday
The Lord’s Day is God’s gift and preparation for our eternal destiny.
You do not have to fear standing before God in judgment if you have made a practice of confessing your sins and standing before the judgment seat of Christ every Lord’s Day: hearing his pardon, receiving his absolution, and being comforted by the knowledge of his love and grace. You will not be idolatrously wed... Continue Reading
Encounters with Jesus in the Ashes
Jesus sought you, saved you, and he is changing you day by day.
When Jesus plucks us out of our own ashes, he doesn’t expect perfection—he has already attained that on our behalf (2 Cor. 5:21). We have died with Christ, and he will raise us to life. He has purchased our right-standing with God. Still, he does want to change us, little by little, to love sin... Continue Reading
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