Piper Quote of the Day

“Until God is our treasure, we will not grieve over out falling short of being satisfied in Him and begin living in a way that shows that satisfaction.”
(Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, pg. 125)

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Thomas Chalmers’ view of calling

The past day or so I’ve been reading about Thomas Chalmers and the St. Andrew’s seven — responsible for much of the modern missions movement. I’m fascinated by how one man, sold on the power of the gospel, can influence and affect others — other people, other churches, even a continent! More on [...]

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Prayer, American Style

Most Americans delight to do things in their own way, especially taking the traditions of others and modifying them. American style pizza, for instance, is noticeably different than what is commonly served in Italian homes. Even our American language, English, although the common to England (the land whence it came, hence [...]

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Jonathan Edwards’ blog?

Hey, guess what I’ve recently discovered on the internet?
Old Jonathan Edwards has his own web log — see my links to the right.
Wonderful thing, this modern technology, eh?
pastor david

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A Christian Paradox?

I’ve just found a fascinating article in HARPERS (link is below) about Christians not actually living out what they profess to believe — thus a paradox. It’s writing by a (self-professed) church-going believer of some sort. It raises some interesting points.
Philip Ryken has commented on it:“This is a haunting analysis of [...]

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Floods…

flood (n.) “a rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry land; a condition of overflowing; an overwhelming quantity…”
This September images of flooding are everywhere to be seen, as New Orleans waits to recover from hurricane Katrina, and the severe local flooding that resulted from it. Many weeks ago, long before [...]

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Are you a marsh or a meadow?

My favorite puritan, Thomas Manton, wrote about encounters with sin…
“A man is known by his custom, and the course of his endeavors, what is his business. If a man be constantly easily, frequently carried away to sin, it discovers a habit of soul, and the temper of his heart. Meadows may be overflowed, [...]

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Dealing with Urges

Following an urge can lead you astray. Even seemingly “non-immoral” pursuits (ie: genealogies) can derail a Christian.
Paul directs Timothy (1 Tim. 1:3+) to get folks in the church focused on what’s important and to stop pursuing silly and speculative things. My guess is that some folks there had an inkling or [...]

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Dave & Snapper

During our wonderful two week vacation to Wisconsin (2,300 miles round trip), I was able to take the kids to a local baseball game, featuring the Beloit Snappers! It was small town American all the way. We had a blast — and the Snappers actually won the game (after the opposing team walked [...]

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Playing Paintball

My oldest two boys, and a couple of their friends (and my own boyish desires) have enticed me into playing paintball.
Have you heard of this? It uses “toy” guns that shoot small balls of paint, using CO-2 gas for power. The balls come out about the same speed and distance as the old BB [...]

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