Top 10 Posts of 2018

As 2018 comes to a close, I wanted to share with you a list of the top posts written on the blog in 2018. #1. What We Know for Sure The courtroom drama and the national firestorm that was the Supreme Court hearing of appointed Judge Brett Kavanaugh and accuser Dr. Christine Blasey Ford taught me something on lying and how we …

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Weekly Wisdom [12.21.18]

Need some Weekly Wisdom?  Here are my favorite resources of the week. VERSE OF THE WEEK Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded [James 4:8]. BOOK OF THE WEEK The 10 Commandments by Kevin DeYoung Are the 10 Commandments still relevant today?  Do they still apply? Which ones? What do they …

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Weekly Wisdom [12.14.18]

Need some Weekly Wisdom?  Here are my favorite resources of the week. Verse of the Week The people who walked in darkness    have seen a great light;those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,    on them has light shone [Isa. 9:2]. Book of the Week Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate by J. Clif Christopher  People don’t give to church because we don’t offer them …

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Weekly Wisdom [12.07.18]

Need some Weekly Wisdom?  Here are my favorite resources of the week. Verse of the Week God is not man, that he should lie,    or a son of man, that he should change his mind.Has he said, and will he not do it?    Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it [Num. 23:19]? Book of the Week Your Best Year …

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Weekly Wisdom [11.30.18]

Need some Weekly Wisdom?  Here are my favorite resources of the week. Verse of the Week For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me. [Col. 1:29]. Book of the Week The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence Brother Lawrence was a man of humble beginnings who discovered the greatest secret …

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Weekly Wisdom [11.23.18]

Need some Weekly Wisdom?  Here are my favorite resources of the week. VERSE OF THE WEEK You shall eat old store long kept, and you shall clear out the old to make way for the new [Lev. 26:10]. BOOK OF THE WEEK I read Thomas Nettle’s James Petigru Boyce: A Southern Baptist Statesman.  This biography of an important Southern Baptist leader …

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Weekly Wisdom [11.16.18]

Need some Weekly Wisdom?  Here are my favorite resources of the week. VERSE OF THE WEEK Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me [John 14:6]. BOOK OF THE WEEK Exalting Jesus in Mark.  Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this …

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Weekly Wisdom [11.09.18]

Need some Weekly Wisdom?  Here are my favorite resources of the week. VERSE OF THE WEEK You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God [Lev. 18:4]. BOOK OF THE WEEK Confused, angry, and hurt after the death of his father, a young R. C. Sproul began his personal search …

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Weekly Wisdom [11.02.18]

Need some Weekly Wisdom?  Here are my favorite resources of the week. VERSE OF THE WEEK The LORD is my portion; I promise to keep your words [Ps. 119:57]. BOOK OF THE WEEK Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller “a C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century” in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he …

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Weekly Wisdom [10.26.18]

Need some Weekly Wisdom?  Here are my favorite resources of the week. VERSE OF THE WEEK For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel [Ezra 7:10]. BOOK OF THE WEEK Sing! has grown from Keith and Kristyn Getty’s passion for congregational singing; …

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