The God of love and peace be with you today.
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(Yesterday on the blog: Why I Haven’t Written A Whole Lot about My Grandson)
What Does ‘Love Your Enemies’ Not Mean?
As we consider what it means to “love your enemies,” we must also consider what it does not mean. That’s what Patrick Schreiner does here.
The Darkness of Winter
I really enjoyed Vanessa Doughty’s reflections on the darkness of winter. “Who are we in the valleys of life—in the winters, the deserts? In the places where we feel stagnant and unproductive? When the Lord strips us of sunshine, and comfort, and our labor. When the abundance of the fields is halted, and the surface looks barren of growth and life. Who are we? Where do we find our purpose and value?”
One Believer Dies, Another Lives: On Reading Providence
God’s providence can sometimes seem arbitrary, like when one believer dies and another lives. Piper offers some help in thinking through the way we read providence.
How Should Protestants Talk to Their Roman Catholic Friends About Jubilee?
The Roman Catholic Church is currently in a year of jubilee. Clay Kannard (who lives and pastors in Rome) says this offers Protestants a special opportunity to speak with their Roman Catholic friends or family members.
What Happens at the Prayer Meeting?
What happens at a prayer meeting? Far more than we tend to think.
Against Executive Pastors
By linking to this article I’m not saying I agree with it. However, I think it does a good job of laying out some of the unexpected consequences of having an executive pastor. These are good things to non-defensively think through!
Flashback: The Character of the Christian: Above Reproach
While elders are meant to exemplify these traits, all Christians are to display them. I want us to consider whether we actually do display these traits and to learn together how we can pray to have them in greater measure.
Those who have left the deepest impression on this sin-cursed earth have been men and women of prayer.
—D.L. Moody
