John Piper at Passion 2011: Getting to the Bottom of Your Joy

by ray | Jan 11, 2011 | Conferences

http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/conference-messages/getting-to-the-bottom-of-your-joy

Frances J. Roberts Devotional: The Call of Love

by ray | Oct 14, 2010 | Devotionals, Quotes

Frances J. Roberts wrote a book called “Come Away My Beloved” and a friend of mine gave it to me. Here is a brief excerpt that helps me to discard all the unnecessary To Do’s that seem to plague me everyday… Tarry not for an opportunity to have...

2 Responses to Jesus: A Sinful Woman and a Pharisee (Part 1 of 2)

by ray | Jul 28, 2010 | NT, Sermons

Why do we gather every Sunday morning? Is it to learn about God? Well, yes, partially. Is it to fellowship? Yes, but that’s not the only thing. Do we gather because God commands us to? Yes, but hopefully we won’t come every single Sunday with long faces and grit our...

1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 7 of 7)

by ray | Jul 24, 2010 | NT, Sermons

The point of discipline is not to be disciplined for discipline’s sake. That’s religion and will lead to self-righteousness. The point of discipline is creating space for God to work and to make what is unnatural natural. Godliness is totally unnatural for sinners...

1 and 2 Timothy – Power, Love, Self-Discipline (Part 6 of 7)

by ray | Jul 23, 2010 | NT, Sermons

Lastly, we are given a spirit of self-discipline. This one is fairly obvious. SELF-discipline so this last component is entirely our responsibility. God can die for us, he can give us every reason to be compelled by his love, but in the end, he cannot force us to be...