The Unlikely Key To Spiritual Life

The Unlikely Key To Spiritual Life

EVERY DISCIPLINE HAS CERTAIN RECOGNIZED PRINCIPLES that are the key to success. In the agricultural world, nitrates (fertilizer) are the key to growth. In the sports world, athleticism and speed are the obvious ingredients. In technology, IQs and creativity are the...
The Unlikely Key To Spiritual Life

How To Recognize An Effective Sermon

This article Previously Appeared At the Gospel Coalition Website BEFORE HE DIED, a friend asked a local pastor to preach his funeral. Many unbelievers would be present, so he asked him to preach an evangelistic sermon. The pastor read John 3:16, “God so loved...
The Unlikely Key To Spiritual Life

Are God’s Ways Yours?

ISAIAH 55:8-9 IS ONE OF THE most oft-quoted texts in scripture. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your...
The Unlikely Key To Spiritual Life

Fun & Profitable Summer Reading

I TYPICALLY READ ABOUT FIFTY BOOKS A YEAR. Most I read completely, but some I skim, reading only selected chapters. That’s what I did with Our Kids by Robert Putnam, professor of sociology at Harvard, which I just returned to my electronic bookshelf. But, this...