Archive for August, 2009
Friday, August 28th, 2009
One of the most effective means of seeing the gospel applied to our marriages and our families is to begin a time of family worship. Unfortunately, this can be awkward and difficult for many believers - to get started, even more to keep it going.
There is a resource that I ...
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
We don’t pray enough for the persecuted Church. I don’t pray enough for them. And then I come across a news story like this one, which reminds me that the persecuted Church is not just in another country.
17 year-old Rifqa Bary was raised in Islam. Then, God gloriously saved her. ...
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
My wife and I are reading John Piper’s book, “This Momentary Marriage”. Here is the summary of the book in the author’s own words:
“Most foundationally, marriage is the doing of God. And ultimately, marriage is the display of God. It displays the covenant-keeping love between Christ and his people to ...
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
God is amazing. And if we open our eyes to the world around us, we can see examples in nature of God's profound intellect and creativity in the things He has created.
Romans 1:20 states, "For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever ...
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