June 29th, 2009
I have just finished reading the New Testament book of 1 Corinthians. I have been reading it for the last week or so as a part of my daily devotions.
The Book of 1 Corinthians really touches on some difficult areas. Just a quick scan of the chapter headings in the book show it talks about [...]
June 26th, 2009
For the last few months I have been reading John Peters book “Great Revivalists” (pictured). Every now and then I have picked it up and read one or two of the biographies of these great revivalist preachers to be inspired.
While there have been many things in common in their lifestyle like prayer, commitment to the [...]
June 23rd, 2009
I was just doing a gym workout and pondering those people who I have met over the years who have had a great and vibrant faith. Then this thought came to me.
Those with the greatest faith, knew how to feed their faith greatly.
The people I have know with great faith, were those who understood the [...]
June 22nd, 2009
One of the best peices of advice I got about preaching from an older friend was this, “Just re-tell the story and do it in a simple way. If you preach Christ and the cross, you can’t go wrong”. That peice of advice has always stayed with me.
As I read 1 Corinthians chapter 2 this [...]
June 20th, 2009
The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 1:18, “The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God”.
I understand this statement completely. Before I came to Christ I didn’t believe in the cross and I didn’t think it [...]
June 18th, 2009
In my daily reading today I came across Romans 15:17-22. In this section the Apostle Paul talks about his commitment to those outside the Jewish faith – the Gentiles.
We see that his heart was “to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation”. Earlier [...]
June 16th, 2009
Romans 12:1 says, “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him”.
Paul urges us to be a living sacrifices. [...]