For Lord’s Day, August 10, 2014 Dear Saints, Jennifer shared something with me that she just read which I found really motivating and I want to share it with you. Are you familiar with the meaning of the Chinese characters that make up the element word for “crisis”? The first character can be translated as “danger”; […]
For Lord’s Day, July 27, 2014 Dear Saints, Lately, I’ve slowly been losing weight a little more steadily and sustainably. I’ve been motivated by a number of things in my desire to be more sanctified both in body and soul, with which I’d like to encourage you for your own holistic growth in grace and holiness. […]
For Lord’s Day, July 20, 2014 (Photo source: http://anjou.uwaterloo.ca/gallery2/d/4748-2/8596_dripping_water_over_rock.jpg) Dear Saints, Relational evangelism over time can be trying and tiresome. It’s easy to want to give up. But I want to give you a few encouragements to keep being a witness to your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow students, and with people in other spheres of […]
For Lord’s Day, July 13, 2014 Dear Saints, Tomorrow we will be reminded about the importance of rest to provide for and protect God’s people in this life to make it to the next life. And that rest is connected to the Sabbath, which means, “to cease”. Come to Jesus tomorrow on His Holy Day […]
For Lord’s Day, July 6, 2014 Dear Saints, Last week, Christ reminded us in Exodus 22:31 to be holy unto the LORD, and our motivation is that Jesus has presented us as holiness unto the LORD in Himself as the true High Priest typified in Exodus 28:36 and 39:30. Here are some helpful ways to, by […]
For Lord’s Day, June 29, 2014 Dear Saints, I’d like to share something with you I found helpful (among many things) at the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship’s (IBCD) Summer Conference this week, entitled “Making Peace with the Past”. Dr. Steve Viars of Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette Indiana (funny, as I was just […]
For Lord’s Day, June 22, 2014 Dear Saints, I was blessed to observe so many of you pick up on the suggestion to get a copy of Jeremiah Borroughs’ The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment (available here for free online or here for purchase) after the recent evening sermon, Discontent Will Destroy You. It is a great […]