Posted in Culture on Oct 3rd, 2007 2 Comments »
When I would walk into my local Christian bookstore, I would glance at the Top 20 bestselling books and one thing would strike me, the dearth of good quality books on that list. I was amazed to see how many of those books were fiction, or dealt with sex (sex sells even for Christians), [...]
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Tim K sent this quote to me by Charles Bridges. Thought it was a good reminder of what those in ministry are to be:
Nor is a man fitted to be a minister of Christ who does not have the proper public spirit towards the Church. He needs to delight in its beauty, long for [...]
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Posted in Sermons on Oct 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, [...]
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I have never read Roland Bainton’s classic biography on Martin Luther. From all that I have heard about regarding that book, it seems to be a very well-written biography and really the standard on Luther for many years. In reading James Kittelson’s Luther, the Reformer, it certainly makes me curious to see how [...]
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