We must shake off our fear of this world- the cause of Christ is at stake, and are we to be found sleeping? …Christ is looking at us and asking whether there is anyone left who confesses faith in him. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes....
If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity, with people who are inventing religions. How could we? We are dealing with Fact. Of course anyone can be simple if it has no facts to bother about. C. S. Lewis Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,...
My calling is quite clear to me. What God will make of it I do not know…I must follow the path. Perhaps it will not be such a long one. [Phil 1:23] But it is a fine thing to have realized my calling….I believe its nobility will become plain to us only in coming times and events. If only we can hold out. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer If anyone would come after me, he must...
Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue that says, “We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips — who is our master?” Ps 12:1-4 “Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.” Winston Churchill’s description of another...
My calling is quite clear to me. What God will make of it I do not know…I must follow the path. Perhaps it will not be such a long one. [Phil 1:23] But it is a fine thing to have realized my calling….I believe its nobility will become plain to us only in coming times and events. If only we can hold out. Dietrich Bonhoeffer This Christmas season was a very painful wake up call. We saw just how secularized...
Unbelievers can argue philosophy. They can dispute theology. They can subvert history. And they can undermine character. But they are helpless in the face of extraordinary feats of selfless compassion. George Grant And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death — even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, Phil 2:8-9 After...
Spiritual growth does not happen by chance nor is it passive. It happens as we deliberately respond to the work of the Holy Spirit upon our lives. We are to actively grow by pursuing God through the means of grace he has provided. Prayer, the Word and the obedience of faith are essential means to spiritual growth. All of God’s giants practiced spiritual disciplines in their passion to know and show the glory of Jesus Christ. Below is my attempt...
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 While we were looking for “God” in the glorious splendor of our inner lights and universal morality, the Son became the most scandalously particular yet historically accessible revelation of God. It is not private therapy or rational argument, but a public announcement. Michael Horton The Freedom...
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant. [Phil 2:5-7] The other morning I enjoyed a wonderful study on humility in the Word. Jesus reminded me that although he was the Son of Man, deserving of all honor, he came to earth not to be served...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a young theologian when Hitler came to power in Germany. He became a leader in the Confessing Church, the church that was formed in opposition to the tyranny of Hitler and his henchmen. His opposition to the Nazis and his involvement with an attempt to assassinate Hitler cost him his life. On April 9, 1945, three weeks before Germany’s surrender, he was taken from his jail cell and hung on the gallows. His final words to his...
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