April 25, 2008
by Julian Freeman
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One of the greatest questions I think any young Christian (whether young as a person or young as a Christian–or both!) can ask is this: How can I become wise? To say that the Scriptures speak highly of wisdom is … Continue reading
January 18, 2007
by Julian Freeman
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This morning I found myself finishing up the last few chapters of Luke and realizing again just how desperately I need Jesus. I confess that for much of my Christian life I have seen my need of Jesus mainly in … Continue reading
September 25, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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Tim Challies recently posted some reasons why God will not answer our prayers. About the same time I was wondering about unanswered prayer and got to thinking that perhaps much of what we call unanswered prayer is really prayer that … Continue reading
September 5, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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I guess, technically, my last post on ‘poverty of spirit’ was here, but I’ve since posted on humility here and here as well. As we’ve seen in the other posts, there are many things which can cause us to lose … Continue reading
August 19, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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This past year in my Early Christian Spirituality course at TBS we had a lecture on Basil of Caesarea’s theology of humility. His twentieth homily was full of great theological insight and practical suggestions for how to live with greater … Continue reading
August 8, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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I have had the privelege of filling the pulpit at Grace Fellowship Church for the past few weeks while ‘the preacher‘ (aka kerux) was away on vacation. The past two Sunday nights I tried to draw some more practical thoughts … Continue reading
July 25, 2006
by Julian Freeman
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Here’s a post that a few of you may remember. I posted it a while back on my old blog. I read it today though, and thought it might be worth revisiting. So here it is, with a few minor … Continue reading