I’m liking the weeks as of late, and I personally think that blogs are still relevant.
On The Blog: Be Killing Sin! We must be striving to always be killing sin, and to be killing all sin.
The Top Read:
Getting Rid of the Word “The”, and Ridiculousness
Not everything I read is religious related, and this one I have as my top read because it is, well, ridiculous. This is what the world is coming to. O Lord, come quickly…
Discipling Your Congregation to Understand the Importance of the Church
This is an imporant article, as important as any you may read as a believer. Why, might you ask? Because too many “Christians”, who are the church, lack an understanding, a basic understanding, of what the church is and the importance of the church.
Be Still, My Soul: A Hymn for the Hardest Losses
“If my memory is accurate, the first song that came to mind, almost immediately, was one of my favorite hymns: “Be Still, My Soul.””
Is Systematic Theology Helpful?
“The purpose of systematic theology, like all Christian teaching, is not to cause arguments but to strengthen faith and godliness (1 Tim. 1:4–5). As Reformed theologians have said, “Theology is the doctrine of living to God by Christ.””
How Not to Pray
“And yet, for as many as have repeated our Master’s teaching on how to pray, how many can repeat what words come directly before them — namely, the ones teaching us how not to pray? How many realize that our Lord’s instruction on prayer is both positive and negative— that it doesn’t simply stand alone but is given in contrast? For some of our wandering prayer lives, the best thing for us to learn is how not to pray like a Pharisee or a pagan.”