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The significance of now
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“The conversations of men generally make it manifest that they know not their time. They do many things which they would not do, and they neglect many things which they would certainly practice, if they knew what times are near them.”
Increase Mather, quoted in The American Puritans (ed. Perry Miller, Doubleday, More >
Confusing our identity
On the way to the upper room James and John became embroiled in a nasty spat with the rest of the disciples. Jesus had nicknamed these two sibling fishermen “Boanerges” or “sons of thunder,” which in today’s parlance might roughly translate to Bomb Heads. They had audaciously announced their ambition to secure spots #1 and More >
Prayer
Most Christians are convinced that prayer is more than the outward performance of an obligation, in which we tell God things he already knows. It is more than a kind of daily waiting attendance on the exalted Sovereign who receives his subjects’ homage morning and evening. And although many Christians experience pain and regret that More >
What is a pastor?
The biblical fact is that there are no successful churches. There are, instead, communities of sinners, gathered before God week after week in towns and villages all over the world. The Holy Spirit gathers them and does his work in them. In these communities of sinners, one of the sinners is called pastor and given More >
Quotage: Bonhoeffer on meditation
Quoted from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “Meditating on the Word.” Written down by a colleague in 1936 and circulated among like-minded pastors. The article in PDF format is linked from my “Jesusolatry” tab above.
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Why do I meditate? Because I am a Christian. Therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of More >
