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God's sovereignty and the mess we've made (Letter 29 on assurance & fighting for joy)
Dear friend in Christ, You and I know we are in a big mess right now...the whole Church is in a mess. Revelife is in a mess. The ruins seem to be mounting. We could lie about it and deny it and say it isn't that bad, bu… -
the shepherds' confession: may Christ and His Gospel become a joy and delight to us once more
On Reformation Day I presented eight theses and made a call to prayer for revival. At the time I wrote that I wanted to post on the Protestant Reformation and the need for revival in the Church today...I've had a lot of… -
Letter 15 on assurance and fighting for joy (Joy is a gift of God, more than a feeling)
Continuing on with my series of letters on assurance and fighting for joy... My dear friend in Christ, As I said previously, I have struggled with being joyful. You know I have been hurting as of late. I know in my he… -
Letter 13 on assurance and fighting for joy (strengthened for endurance and patience with joy)
Continuing on with my series of letters on assurance and fighting for joy. Please note: this letter follows directly from this one, so you may want to read that for background... Dear friend in Christ, I know you are… -
Letter 11 on assurance and fighting for joy (the Lord is at hand! - Philippians 4)
Continuing on with my series of letters about assurance and joy. I had touched a bit on Philippians 4 as I wrote about how we can have joy as we contend for the Gospel, and today I would like to expand a bit more on that… -
Letter 4 on joy (true joy is based on our relationship with God through Jesus Christ)
I'm continuing to write about assurance and fighting for joy...If you have not already done so, I would recommend you read the previous three letters in this series here, here and here... Dear friend in Christ, God ha… -
Combatting the creepy guys (Sola Scriptura + priesthood of believers)
I've recently written on the Reformation and the need for revival in the Church today (see the links at the end of this post), so I'm continuing on that theme today... This summer I wrote about need to be speaking the w… -
the weapons of our warfare: positive exposition of Scripture (ML-J)
I've been thinking about how Satan has been rising up in an attempt to oppose those whose hearts God is stirring to fight the good fight of faith. I was actually going to post something else, but as I opened up and bega… -
Are you getting up into the high mountain or have you become lukewarm?
From Charles Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening," June 25, Morning: "Get thee up into the high mountain." — Isaiah 40:9 Our knowledge of Christ is somewhat like climbing one of our Welsh mountains. When you are at the bas… -
Whitefield's prayers: more reminders of God's sovereign grace & care
On Friday I wrote about the story of Joseph and reminded you of God's sovereign grace and care for all who of us who are in Christ Jesus—that no matter what happens to us it is all under the sovereign will and plan of G…
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