In the collection of writings and letters known as The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence continually urges his readers to consistently seek to recognize God’s presence. On this idea, he writes, “Above all, get a habit of entertaining yourself often with God, and forget Him the least you can”…
Charles Spurgeon, in his book All of Grace, describes the connection of faith and grace. These are two beautiful words and ideas which everyone knows are important in the Christian faith, but many don’t know how they relate, if at all. Spurgeon is a king of using analogy in order to get across an idea clearly, and here is a great example of it. Speaking of faith and grace…
One of Paul’s simplest commands I can think of is his command to “pursue love” (1 Corinthians 14:1). It comes as he is writing to a divided church, a church filled with people who are so focused on their own personal gifts, a church that is puffed up in many ways. And in this setting, Paul says simply but powerfully, “pursue love”…
Corrie Ten Boom, in her book Amazing Love, encourages Christians to remember that Jesus not only lived and died for us 2,000 years ago, but that he currently is still for us…
James Hamilton, in his book What Is Biblical Theology?, succinctly summarizes the story of the Bible (as a side note, his seven page chapter called “The Narrative” is one of my favorite short Bible plot summaries I have ever read). Describing the characters of the story…
In the first chapter of his book, Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer starts by reminding the reader how special it is to have Christian community, to be able to live in this life with other Christians. He reminds us how much it is a gift of God’s grace. He starts by explaining that God has orchestrated it so that the kingdom of God is a scattered people throughout the world, in the midst of the world…
Some Christians struggle with viewing God as holy, majestic, huge, powerful, and fearful. They more naturally are drawn to his intimacy, immediacy, tenderness, and love. On the other hand, many Christian struggle with the exact opposite. God’s majesty, sovereignty, and massiveness is more of their default view of God, while his tender, personal love is harder to taste…
John Piper, in his book Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die, writes one of the most helpful set of paragraphs I have ever read. I go back to it over and over for direction, encouragement, and help. I believe it to be so biblical and so true about the gospel itself…
Francis Schaeffer, in his book True Spirituality, discusses what it really means to be a Christian. It is an excellent, well thought out book. His basic idea is that we need to recognize that we live in a total universe, in which God exists and in which Christ’s finished work on the cross is sufficient. And that we are called in this universe to really die by choice to certain attitudes and desires so that we can truly live resurrected lives here and now by faith in Christ…
In the edited book, Worldliness, C.J. Mahaney explains in the opening chapter why worldliness is so serious. After showing the importance of loving Jesus above all else biblically, and after debunking the idea that fighting worldliness is legalism, he ends the first chapter of the book with a powerful, brief sentence summarizing it all. He writes…
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