I heard a Tim Keller sermon a few months ago and I’ve revisited it many times. One line stands out among all the rest: “Make Jesus the way you prove yourself.” If there was an Olympics for heart-habits, I would probably be favored to win gold in the Earning, Self-Sufficient or Proving events.
Thoughts After El Salvador
A few days back in the USA and my mind often drifts to last week in El Salvador. It was a rich week — rich in laughter, diligent work, challenges, and leaning into God minute by minute. It was truly…
releasing more of me to receive more of God
I need a daily intervention for this reality: choosing Jesus means you live entirely for Someone else. Choosing Jesus changes the game from “you’re the best, you can do this!” to “God is the best. You can’t, but He can.”…
unmuddle the simplicity of the gospel
All of this I suppose is just a way to say to you that if what’s in your eyesight when you look up is what everyone else is doing or thinks you ought to be doing, clear the way, friend….
words: his grace in scripture
“Since God’s love for us is the soil in which love for God grows, identifying his grace in all the Scriptures is not simply an interpretive scheme. It is supremely practical. For regular exaltation of the gospel is what ignites…