Anglican church leader and author, David Watson is one of my heroes of the faith. “Fear No Evil” is the personal account of his losing battle with cancer. In January 1984 he flew to California to his friend, John Wimber‘s Vineyard church for an intense time of prayer for healing. Experienced teams prayed with him [...]
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Satisfied with God
Trusting in God to meet our needs breaks the power of sin’s promise to make us happier. The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Christ. John Piper “The Pleasures of God : Meditations on God’s Delight in Being God”, 247. QuotesSpiritual Formation
A hard truth
In my creature impatience I am often caused to wish that there were some way to bring modern Christians into a deeper spiritual life painlessly by short easy lessons; but such wishes are vain. No short cut exists. God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of the machine age. It [...]
Heart of a founder: Martin Luther
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, [...]
12 Rules for Spiritual Training
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 [...]
The duty of worship
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 [...]
Piper on Prayer
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
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
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 [...]
Drawing power
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 [...]
