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Why I Don’t Have a Television and Rarely Go to Movies (John Piper)

The first question to me and Mark Driscoll was, “Piper says get rid of my TV, and Driscoll says buy extra DVRs. How do you reconcile this difference?”

I can’t give an answer for what Mark means by “buy extra DVRs,” but I can tell you why my advice sounds different. I suspect that Mark and I would not agree on the degree to which the average pastor needs to be movie-savvy in order to be relevant, and the degree to which we should expose ourselves to the world’s entertainment. Read the rest of this entry »

Evangelism on Arab Soil (Author Confidential)

I have been working in the Middle East for over ten years now (1996 – 2009) and I can truly say that if evangelism was not part of my ministry, I would have packed my bags and left for my home country a long time ago. In this article I would like to mention a few things on evangelism from my experience, which might help others to put things in the right perspective.

Firstly, when talking about evangelism there are so many aspects on which one can focus; such as the content of our message, contextualization issues, etc.  However, I remember a quote from George Housney on this topic in which he started by saying about evangelism: “The main thing, is to keep the main thing… the main thing.” Read the rest of this entry »

True Love to Christ (Charles Spurgeon)

The Lord Jesus possesses all kinds of lovelinesses
compacted into one perfect loveliness! all perfections
blended to make one perfection! every sweet concocted
and distilled to make one perfect sweetness!

Oh, how one longs for but a moment’s sight of Christ in glory!
One might be content to have only a dry crust, and to lie in
an underground dungeon for the rest of one’s Read the rest of this entry »

God Neither Known nor Loved by the World (Madame De La Mothe Guion)

Ye linnets, let us try, beneath this grove,
Which shall be loudest in our Maker’s praise!
In quest of some forlorn retreat I rove,
For all the world is blind, and wanders from his ways.
That God alone should prop the sinking soul,
Fills them with rage against his empire now:
I traverse earth in vain from pole to pole,
To seek one simple heart, set free from Read the rest of this entry »

This Is Brokenness (John Collinson)

Sometimes it is asked what we mean by brokenness. Brokenness is not easy to define but can be clearly seen in the reactions of Jesus, especially as He approached the cross and in His crucifixion. I think it can be applied personally in this way:

WHEN to do the will of God means that even my Christian brethren will not understand, and I remember that “Neither did His brethren believe in Him” [John 7:5], and I bow my head to obey and accept the misunderstanding, THIS IS BROKENNESS. Read the rest of this entry »

When All Men Speak Well of You (Dr. Peter Hammond)

“Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.” – Luke 6:26

It is interesting how, in spite of all the warnings in Scripture against gossip, slander, and tale bearing, just how much stock we tend to place in people’s opinions. It is said that where there is smoke there is fire. However, the smoke may be no more than dust and hot air. Read the rest of this entry »

An Exhortation to Serve the Lord (Edward Griffin)

‘And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.‘ Deut. 10:12.

Complaints are often made against the ministers of Christ that their preaching is too rigorous and pungent. I sincerely wish that the world might once see what discourses the eternal God would himself deliver should he undertake to preach to men. —What do I say? He has published a volume of discourses, and they have been more harshly treated than any of the sermons of his ministers. Read the rest of this entry »

Who Cares? (General William Booth)

On one of my recent journeys, as I gazed from the coach window I was led into a train of thought concerning the conditions of the multitudes around me. They were living carelessly in the most open and shameless rebellion against God, without a thought for their eternal welfare. As I looked out the window, I seemed to see them all… millions of people all around me given up to their drink and their pleasure, their dancing and their music, their business and their anxieties, their politics and their troubles. Ignorant-willfully ignorant in many cases – and in other instances knowing all about the truth and not caring at all. But all of them, the whole mass of them, sweeping on and up in their blasphemies and devilries to the throne of God. While my mind was thus engaged, I had a vision. Read the rest of this entry »

Shocking Youth Message (Paul Washer)

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Paul Washer brings the refining Word of God to a large, American youth conference.  This much needed message calls those who claim Christ to examine their lives in light of scripture.