Friday, September 28, 2018

Willing captives

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We always must keep in mind that this is a fallen world, and whatever originates in the world is bound to be bad and godless. Whatever origi...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

You are being had!

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Put chains on a man’s ankles and wrists, and he knows it. Look deep into his eyes and you will find there the sullen revolt of the free huma...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

What do you have time for?

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If you want to be ho1y—-if you want to serve God—you have to give time to God. Grace and holiness take time, and the cultivation of the Spir...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Banquet or prayer meeting?

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Announce a banquet and everybody will be there. Announce a prayer meeting and only a few will show up. You can tell the power of a church by...
Friday, September 21, 2018

Countercultural advice

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Blessed is the man who possesses nothing. If we possess nothing, God will allow us to have plenty. If we possess anything, we are cursed by ...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Not just book reviews

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A few months back, I ran across an interesting blog (no, it's not on my horrendously out of date blogroll): Bob on Books . He reviews al...

Thursday's dose of Tozer

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If you are not detached from earthly possessions, every dollar you accumulate will be a blight on your spirit. If you have an understanding ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Good advice

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I've been reading the long series of posts by Greg Boyd on Jordan Peterson's ideas (HT: Jim Eisenbraun). I'm up to part 14 of w...

Tozer for Tuesday

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It is a solemn thought that the history of humanity and of nations and of churches shows that we trust in God, as a rule, when there is not...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Take a day!

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! am not a Sabbatarian. I do not believe one day is above another day. But I believe we ought to have some time for God, The man who works s...
Friday, September 14, 2018

But are we saying anything?

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We could well cut down the decibels in our homes and in our churches. I am always cautious and afraid of noisy people. It takes a very wise ...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Too busy

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We are likely to be so busy that we do not get anything done, and so talkative that we never say anything. The prophets sought the silence;...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Silence

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Men who cannot be silent will not say anything when they talk. It is only out of the silence that the Word speaks. In the beginning was sil...
Thursday, September 06, 2018

Burdened?

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I am positively sure that nervous breakdowns do not come from working in the easy yoke of Jesus Christ. They come from frustrations, hidden ...
Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Why the two-week silence

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We were gone for two weeks, visiting family. Debbie's dad fell and is in rehab. We went to see him and to help her mom. He's doing b...

Tozer Wednesday

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There is a notion abroad that labor is a sin or, at best, a curse resting upon us. Some Christians even have the notion that work is a disci...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Among the Woo People

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Just in time for back-to-school! Disclaimer: I grew up a block from a university campus; my dad was a university professor for ca. forty y...

Tozer for a Tuesday

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Spirituality does not lie in the length of your hair or the length of your beard. It does not lie in the style of your garment or the qualit...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Victory?

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Victory is certainly one of the goals in the Christian life, but whose definition of victory are we using? We strive to live the victorious ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Tozer for a Wednesday

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Fools chose whom they wanted to marry, but they did not think of eternity when they did it. They chose what they wanted to do with their mon...