There is nothing more dangerous than getting into the habit of saying, ‘I do as I like,’ however you cover it over. Some of you say, ‘I indulge natural inclinations; I am young; a man must have his fling. Let me sow my wild oats in a quiet corner, where nobody will see the...
**This can mean, “you need to obey what’s in the Bible, but also the Voice of the Good Shepherd, remembering servant leader apostle “off scouring” imprisoned Paul who remarked 3 CRAZY TYPES OF THINGS in light of ‘Christian submission to a certain kind of authority ” often , leader...
This story is definitely an illustration just waiting for a sermon. failingpastor Arguing Leave a comment December 4, 2024 1 Minute A Theory About People Thinking My Sermons are Angry I’ve had opportunities to preach in a couple churches steeped in Easy Believism (apparently the Lord will...
And so I wonder and pray –“Where are you, Good Shepherd? Why are You allowing this? If it is truly You telling me I need to obey the ‘one thing’ in order to achieve breakthrough, then please spell out what the one thing is. If it’s not You condemning me nightly, then why...
In the introduction to his diary entries, Higginson tells the reader: “I am under pretty heavy bonds to tell the truth, and only the truth; for those who look back to the newspaper correspondence of that period will see that this particular regiment lived for months in the glare of public...
the past. And I walked away from it. God did that. I didn’t. He did something, but I am not sure what it was. So the “log” of tobacco I removed and escaped helps me to encourage and not badger my patients and prisoners who struggle with addictions that are consuming the ...
I am in bliss. —Bob Schaefer M.Div. student Luther Seminary St. Paul, Minnesota Greatly inspired by the depths of Luther's insight... As Lutherans we have an asset here and we should never forget that. —Dale L. Johnson Salem Lutheran Church Rockford, Illinois The 55-volume set of ...
“But afterwards”—he writes— “I became persuaded that the Lord alone is holy, and that all, both angels and spirits, are profane in themselves, and are called ‘holy’ only from those true and good things which are from the Lord; so I am no longer infested. …” For spirits are...