by Bob | Apr 27, 2012 | Christ, Christian Living, Humility
This Changes Everything I’ve often said that there’s one passage of Scripture that if I consistently applied it to my life—then everything about how I live would change. I’ve frequently written that I think the same passage is a primary reason many people find it...
by Bob | Apr 21, 2012 | Christian Living
Idols of the Heart John Calvin (1509-1564) was convinced that the human mind is a veritable “factory of idols.” In the following quotation from his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559), Calvin alerts us to our fascination with and weakness for idols, and so,...
by Bob | Oct 15, 2011 | Christian Living, Sanctification
When God Wants to Drill a Man I first came across this poem shortly after I came to Christ at age 14. I read it almost daily as I kept it posted on the basement wall where I lifted weights and worked out to stay in shape for wrestling. I was reminded of it last week...
by Bob | Oct 9, 2011 | Christian Living
I Long to Live Well Yesterday I blogged about how I awoke Longing to Love Well. Today I awoke longing to live well. The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached By “well” I mean that I long to live a pure, holy, Christlike life. Here’s how Jesus said it in the greatest sermon...
by Bob | Oct 7, 2011 | Christian Living
I Long to Love Well I awoke this morning with a deep longing to love well. It struck me that this is how I should awake every morning. When Jesus was asked the purpose of life, He responded without hesitation: to love well (Matthew 22:35-40). The greatest commandment,...
by Bob | Sep 21, 2011 | Christian Living, Prayer, Soul Physicians
Six Prayers of Renewal Note: Read Part One, Six Prayers of Repentance. In chapter twenty-seven of Soul Physicians, I outline a biblical theology of putting on the new person we already are in Christ (compare Romans 6:1-14; Ephesians 4:20-24; Colossians 3:1-11). I...
