Summa summarum: Drink beer and let the Word do the work.
“Summa summarum,” said Luther, “I will preach, speak, write, but I will force no one; for faith must be voluntary. Take me as an example. I stood up against the Pope, indulgences, and all papists, but without violence or uproar. I only urged, preached, and [...]
Category Archives: 1. White hot faith
Heart of a founder: Martin Luther
9 July, 2006 – 7:57 AM
12 Rules for Spiritual Training
25 June, 2006 – 9:58 AM
Act as if the spiritual realm exists.
Undertake the quest with serious purpose.
Seek companionship and spiritual direction.
Turn towards the inner world through silence and introversion.
Learn the value of genuine fasting.
Learn to use the forgotten faculty of the imagination.
Keep a journal.
Keep a record of dreams.
Be honest with yourself.
Let your life manifest genuine love.
Gird yourself with persistence and [...]
The duty of worship
18 June, 2006 – 6:57 AM
Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of his worth. This cannot be done by mere acts of duty. It can be done only when spontaneous affections arise in the heart.
Consider the analogy of a wedding anniversary. Mine is on December 21. Suppose on this day I bring home a [...]
Piper on Prayer
3 June, 2006 – 8:49 AM
Life is war. That’s not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief. It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions [...]
CS Lewis: The Weight of Glory
21 May, 2006 – 6:55 AM
If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing [...]
Heart of a founder: Sam Metcalf
24 April, 2006 – 6:30 AM
Another in the series on how God shapes the heart of movement founders. This story comes from Sam Metcalf who heads up Church Resource Ministries (CRM).
In February of 1985, about 40 staff and friends of Church Resource Ministries (CRM) gathered at Glen Eyrie, for our annual conference.
Several months earlier, Chuck Singletary (then president of [...]
Drawing power
16 April, 2006 – 6:07 AM
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. John 12:32
Come, ye workers, be encouraged. You fear that you cannot draw a congregation. Try the preaching of a crucified, risen, and ascended Saviour; for this is the greatest “draw” that was ever yet manifested among men.
What drew you [...]
If. . .
15 April, 2006 – 6:04 AM
If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. [...]
When I die
14 April, 2006 – 2:01 PM
When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.
See from His head, His hands, His [...]
Before the Throne
14 April, 2006 – 6:05 AM
Before the throne of God above,
I have a strong and perfect plea –
A great High Priest whose name is love,
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands,
My name is written on His heart,
I know that while in heaven He stands,
No tongue can bid me thence depart,
No tongue can bid me [...]
