I trust you enjoyed your Christmas as much as we did. The Lord is good to give us days to rest and simply enjoy his gifts.
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The Thief’s Good Works
Jackson Gravitt provides a couple of perspectives on the thief’s good works.
It’s a Wonderful Strife
“Shaping rock, shaping students; I’d be hard-pressed to say which is more difficult. Rock is less resistant to change and fights back far less often, but again, it’s just rock in the end. Students, while tough as granite at times, are well worth the effort – well worth the strife.” Josh reflect on this “wonderful strife.”
Hospitality: The Forgotten Qualification
“When considering the qualifications for elders, ‘able to teach’ is often recognized as the one qualification uniquely required for the office. Certainly, the unique role of elders centers on ‘the ministry of the word.’ But another qualification is often missed or underdeveloped, which is vitally supplemental to the teaching ministry.”
How Should I Spend My Time During the Final Days of the Year?
There’s an important challenge here. “Christians love to debate the final days on Earth, but few Christians discuss the final days of the year. Effective time stewardship is crucial during the last days of December because the way you spend this time will influence how you begin the new year. If done well, you’ll start 2025 with a burst of energy and enthusiasm. But if done poorly, you may start the new year feeling sluggish.”
Give Me Faith
Here’s a new poem that has a good message.
5 Lessons for New Church Planters
Church planters will benefit from these lessons.
Flashback: When I Get to the End of the Way
“By and by I shall see him and praise him, in the city of unending day, and the toils of the road will seem nothing, when I get to the end of the way.”
Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
—Tim Keller
