Justin Taylor has a good post on some basics. What Does a Prayer of Faith Look Like? David M’Intyre, The Hidden Life of Prayer: The Lifeblood of the Christian (original, 1891), chapter 6: It is a divinely-implanted persuasion, the fruit of much spiritual instruction and discipline. It is vision in a clearer light than that… Continue reading I could learn from more reading on Prayer…
Category: Faith and Christianity
Living in the 18th &19th centuries
This is too good not to quote in it’s entirety. Ray Ortlund Only grace has the power to change us “The best way of casting out an impure affection is to admit a pure one; and by the love of what is good, to expel the love of what is evil. . . . Thus… Continue reading Living in the 18th &19th centuries
Something to reflect upon….
I’m not going to enter into the prophetic realm, but it’s curious to think about what’s going on in the news these days. There have been a number of interesting posts (see earlier blogs today below) in of all places the NYT. Including this one: Ross Douthat. One might take the time to reread Matthew… Continue reading Something to reflect upon….
New Universalism
Justin Taylor Can Hope Be Wrong? On the New Universalists The above post reference a great short article by James K.A. Smith, Professor of Philosophy, Calvin College. There is great insight into this issue looking at it in this context. After reading the Smith post, I could not help but recall how in Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s… Continue reading New Universalism
