What We Assume vs. What Jesus Says

This morning I was reading in Mark 10 and the contrast between the things Jesus said and what the disciples had assumed to be true struck me. They assumed that divorce was OK, but it wasn’t. They assumed children could not be near Jesus, but they could. They assumed that wealth showed [...]

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Needs and Idolatry: An Interesting Quote

From When People Are Big and God Is Small by Ed T. Welch:
“To look to Christ to meet our perceived psychological needs is to Christianize our lusts.  We are asking God to give us what we want, so we can feel better about ourselves, or so we can have happiness, not holiness, in our lives.”

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A great reminder on Independence Day…

…a declaration of dependence.

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Links for Sunday Afternoon Reading

Begging people to know Christ. There is a great quote from Spurgeon.
How discipleship can help in the sanctification of the one doing discipleship of another. There is a second part to this post here.
What is the most crying need of the church today?
Randy Alcorn’s favorite fiction books.
Who was right? Paul or Barnabas?
Stuff Christians Like

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Some things that irritate me and some things that I appreciate (part 4)

More on what irritates me and what I appreciate

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Third Lesson of With Christ in the School of Prayer

“To be alone with THE FATHER: this be your highest joy. To be assured that THE FATHER will openly reward the secret prayer, so that it cannot remain unblessed: this be your strength day by day. And to know THE FATHER knows that you need what you ask; this be your liberty to [...]

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Links for Wednesday

Here are some thought on upside down orthodoxy or, in other words, the idea that we can be sure of what believe and still be humble about it.
Also, Tim Challies gives suggestions for reading more and better.
Here is a link to another non-Gator who is nevertheless impressed by the outspoken faith of Tim Tebow. [...]

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