Thoughts of a Christian Husband, Father, and Pastor
This post is continuing the series I’m working through on redeeming your conversations and making them valuable. You can read part 1, part 2, and part 3 before reading this, if you’d like some background. ——————— Some Tips on Actually ‘Going There’ Being convinced you want to redeem your conversations is one thing. Knowing how [...]
This post is continuing the series I’m working through on redeeming your conversations and making them valuable. You can read part 1 and part 2 before reading this, if you’d like some background. ——————— Learning to Be Intentional… Even If AwkwardWe can learning from Pilgrim’s Progress: ‘Well, neighbour Faithful, let us leave [that topic of [...]
Today I’m continuing where I left off yesterday, teaching on the topic of redeeming your conversations. ——————— What are the Benefits? Aside from being a means of obeying the commands listed above, redeeming your conversations becomes… A Means of Loving. If you are speaking what is beneficial, it is what is best for them A [...]
Last night I was blessed with the opportunity to speak to the men of GFC about the privilege we have as Christian men to actually redeem conversations and make them spiritually beneficial. We began by asking the question, ‘How are conversations like gift cards?’ There are a lot of ways to answer that question, but [...]
If you are like most Christians, you realize your need for true fellowship (not just surface chit-chat). You want to get to know other believers and you want friends who know you and your struggles. You want to be able to get to know other believers well so that you can serve them and speak [...]
I took the morning off today. I took my girls for a long, long walk in their stroller, then we went to the park and played with the swings and the slide, ran around like crazy people, and played in the sand. As we were playing, I was filled with joy and delight in all [...]
I have had the privelege over the past four weeks of preaching a mini-series at GFC on the topic of friendship. Below are the individual sermons. I came at the sermons with a bit of a different approach. Since we, as elders, had wanted to address the core values of our church again, we thought [...]
I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to preach a series of messages on friendship at our church. As part of my study, I’ve been enjoying a book simply entitled Friendship by Hugh Black, published by Joshua Press. Here are some of the quotes that I’ve enjoyed: ‘The religious life, in spite of all the unnatural [...]
In the nine years of Grace Fellowship Church, we have enjoyed real and genuine peace between brothers and sisters. Conflicts and divisions have not been an issue for us, by the grace of God. That being said, I’m sure that day will come. Like suffering, conflict is one of those areas of life where Christians [...]
Isn’t it funny how things just seem to come together in your life at different points in time to reinforce certain lessons in your mind? In my recent readings through 1 Samuel, I’ve been encouraged to think about friendship again. David and Jonathan were friends. Fiercely loyal, loving, and dedicated to the good of the [...]
I love our church. So does my pastor. A while ago he posted 34 things he loves about our church. One Sunday night, when the weather was nice and the service had been over for more than an hour, and people were still hanging around talking to each other outside (because those of us responsible [...]
The end of the school semester is almost upon us. The end of 2006 is almost upon us.The season when people like to reflect on the year that was, and ponder their life in the year to come is just beginning. As I was getting ready for bed last night I got to thinking… I [...]
Thomas Goodwin offers these thoughts on communion with God as friendship, and how this concept should shape our devotional life. Do we serve out of duty or delight? Mutual communion is the soul of all true friendship and a familiar converse with a friend hath the greatest sweetness in it … [so] besides the common [...]
Friendship is a wonderful thing. Christian friendship is infinitely better. In fact, I think it would be correct to say that only Christians can experience true friendship. From a biblical standpoint, one’s will and affections are ultimately rooted in his heart. If the heart of an individual is unregenerate, his only love is self-love; he [...]
Since Augustine has been consuming much of my thought lately, I thought I’d let him consume my blog as well. Augustine was a man who was never alone, but always surrounded by friends. Why? It wasn’t by accident. Friendship helped Augustine to worship and live for and ultimately enjoy God better. Here are some of [...]
From the Confessions, Book IV, chapter 12. If the things of the world delight you, praise God for them but turn your love away from them and give it to their Maker, so that in the things that please you you may not displease him. If your delight is in souls, love them in God, [...]
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