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I am a sucker for the Father Brown mysteries. The style of writing just works for me. They are entertaining, but also sprinkled with little traces that really make you think, like this one where Father Brown explains: “A crime is like any o…

From Albert Mohler’s Column: Just before the end of 2008, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released a report indicating that a significant percentage of American evangelicals reject the biblical claim that Jesus is the only way of salvation. According to the report, 52% of American Christians believe that “at least some non-Christian faiths can…

So I thought I had opened my last Christmas present. I hadn’t. I entered my office to find a package wrapped in green paper. “Merry Christmas Pastor, from Clyde.” For those of you who know Clyde, no introduction is necessary. For those…

It is not too late to get started on a Bible reading plan for the year. This site lists options and plans in a most helpful way. Pick one and get started! http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/12/bible-reading-plans.html I mentioned the ten resolutions …

This last one, apart from the Scriptures quoted, is the most ancient of the quotes. It is a great one, giving us a mindset for travelling through this life. Live as a Stranger We are strangers and sojourners. Let us not grieve over any of the world’s …

I hate to break it to you – but there will be trials in this new year. The good news is that they can be sources of growth, strength, and even joy for you if you follow this counsel. Trust Him in trial We must be content in our trials to live so simp…

Trust Christ not my performance We can begin every day with this deeply encouraging realization, I’m accepted by God, not on the basis of my personal performance, but on the basis of the infinitely perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ. — Jerry Br…

Give Him all electronic media Believers are very careful to pray over their food— something which bears only upon the body. Electronic entertainment is food for the soul. We pray over food we eat with our mouths which then goes into our stoma…

Cultivate Humility before the Lord “Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God’s holiness and sovereignty…acknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds …

Persist in Prayer “What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are no…