We’re all damaged goods. As the apostle Paul puts it, “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Instinctively, we know we’re made to be glorious creatures. Instinctively, we also know that we fall short of that glory.
Religion is our attempt to re-attain that glory. Religion is our attempt. [...]
In his book, The Reason for God, Tim Keller tells the following story:
Andrew Delbanco is a humanities professor at Columbia University. Some years ago he was doing research on Alcoholics Anonymous and was attending AA meetings around the country. One Saturday morning in a New York City church basement he was listening to a “crisply [...]
After worship yesterday someone asked if I would send her the prayer of confession that we had on the screen. I thought I would include it here.
I’m seeing that it’s God’s grace as much as his distaste that causes him to oppose our pride. He sees how destructive and life-depleting pride is. And now that we’ve [...]
For our consistory devotions this year, I’ve asked our elders and deacons to simply read a short passage of Scripture — twice. Lynn B. read part of Psalm 62:
I feel so proud of you: you are really taking this up, this call to come continuously into God’s presence for 45 days. Only one shift during today and tomorrow remains to be filled. While it may seem strange to put it this way, I especially feel proud of your humility.
I just read something on Jim Martin’s blog (A Place for the God Hungry) that Jim copied from Brian Mashburn’s blog (On Becoming Truer). It’s so good, and it so affirms God’s word to us this past Sunday, that I wanted to share it with all of you. Brian wrote it because his friend had just [...]
I’ve been reading a few books written from a very different perspective than those I usually read. I needed to get a glimpse of how people who aren’t Christians perceive those of us who are. And I am sobered. Embarrassed. The sting is especially painful because one of my sons is experiencing a strong allergic [...]
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