May 2011

A Field Manual for Mortifying Sin

May 31, 2011
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The painful presence of sin in the life of a Christian doesn’t ease up as you grow in faith. We may overcome certain sins, and experience victory in certain areas of life, but sin will remain with us, waging war against us until death or Christ’s return. Clearly, Christians are called to fight sin and [...]

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The Feeblest Believer Triumphs

May 22, 2011
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I don’t listen to many sermons these days, but I continue to read quite a few. This evening I was reading Spurgeon on 1 Sam. 17. His words were very encouraging to me personally and a compliment to today’s conclusion of our sermon series through 1 Timothy, Gospel Formation: The Pursuit of the Grace of [...]

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Fighting Sin and Temptation

May 18, 2011
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Summer is almost here, and before you fill your reading calendar I wanted to encourage you to read at least one of the following books. As followers of Jesus we are daily confronted with our own corruption. If we are to grow in grace we must soberly, aggressively, and thoroughly address our sin and temptations. [...]

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Prayer and the Valley of Vision

May 17, 2011
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Over at the Gospel Coalition Voices blog I share how you can use the Valley of Vision collection of Puritan prayers as a tool to lead you in praying throughout the day. If you are familiar with the book, but not my prayer schedule to use with it you might be interested in the post. [...]

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Rebuilding a Healthy Schedule

May 16, 2011
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A couple months ago I was confronted with my out-of-whack workload and schedule. No one in particular said anything to me, but my body began going haywire. I’ll skip the details and just say that it became evident that I was doing too much, resting too little, and had allowed boundaries between work and family [...]

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Satan Doesn’t Mind

May 9, 2011
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Have I told you to pick up Russ Moore’s book, Tempted and Tried? I’m pretty sure I have. Did you order it yet? If not, get on it! Seriously, it’s my favorite book of 2011 so far. Here are a few sentences where Dr. Moore explains that Satan isn’t intimidated by your doctrinal precision, education, [...]

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Love, Hate, Justice, and Mercy

May 3, 2011
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When the announcement was made that Osama Bin Laden had been killed earlier this week Christians, and just about everyone else, jumped into every social media stream to cheer, caution, and of course argue about what is more appropriate. Steve McCoy and I had a good conversation about it over the phone. Those conversations are [...]

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