- Thu, Dec 23, 2004
- Christian Life
Advice to a Successful Young Athlete Desiring to Live for Christ
God has given you your physical and mental and spiritual gifts, to provide you a platform from which to draw attention to Him and bring Him glory.
Resources: discipleship
- Wed, Dec 30, 2009
- Christian Life, Heaven
Death: Signing And Framing Your Life’s Portrait
The prospect of death has a way of getting our attention, of cutting to our very heart. Yet we also have a way of turning our eyes away from Death’s burning light to gaze again at the shadows of this world, stepping back away from death and ignoring the message it sends.
- Wed, Mar 12, 2008
- Christian Life, Culture and Worldview, Heaven
Dual Citizenship
As Christians we have a dual citizenship. Just as He promises to make men and women new, God also promises to renew the Earth itself. Scripture calls this the New Earth, an Earth where “there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain” and “no longer will there be any curse” (Rev. 21:1, 4, 22:3, NIV).
- Tue, Feb 09, 2010
- Christian Life, Doctrine and Theology
What is the relationship between theology and worldview?
Though worldview and theology can be distinguished from each other in secondary ways, in the primary sense, I think they are not only inseparable, but practically synonymous.
- Sun, Feb 21, 2010
- Christian Life
The Cost of Discipleship
Note from Randy: I wrote this to the men in a study group I led, based on Dallas Willard’s book, Spirit of the Disciplines.
- Mon, Feb 22, 2010
- Christian Life, Doctrine and Theology, Heaven
Gift of Hope
There is a gift God has given his people in all ages that has enabled them not just to hold on, but to experience fulfillment even in times of great difficulty. This gift is hope.
- Thu, Mar 25, 2010
- Christian Life, Doctrine and Theology, Suffering and Evil
I struggle with forgiving my parents for the painful home environment I grew up in. Do you know of any books that could help me?
I highly recommend David Augsburger’s The Freedom of Forgiveness. Also, Philip Yancy’s What’s So Amazing about Grace?, which shows us how God’s forgiveness of us should result in our forgiveness of others. Another good one is Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve, by Lewis Smedes. In checking around on Amazon I also found a book called I Should Forgive, but . . . Finding Release from Anger and Bitterness, by Chuck Lynch. It might be helpful. I also found some good reader reviews of Forgiving Our Parents, Forgiving Ourselves: Healing Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families ...
- Tue, Mar 30, 2010
- Christian Life
Knowing God’s Will
When you know Christ, when you saturate yourself in His Word, knowing God’s will naturally follows. It’s not hidden and obscure, it’s clearer than it’s ever been.
- Tue, Mar 30, 2010
- Christian Life
Learn to Want What is Best
When we see things clearly, with an eternal perspective, what we value and what we want radically changes.
- Thu, Feb 11, 2010
- Christian Life
A History of Your Life
O that we practiced the heavenly spiritual exercise of meditating on the providences of God! How sweet it would make our lives; how light it would make our burdens! You live estranged from the pleasure of the Christian life if you ignore or neglect this discipline.
Fill your heart with thoughts of Him and His ways! Let your meditation be as full and exhaustive as possible. Do not let your thoughts swim like feathers upon the surface of the water, but sink like lead to the bottom. Although we cannot sound the depth of providence by our short line, it ...
