Contentment: An Excerpt from The Gulag Archipelago
“And how can you bring it home to them? By an inspiration? by a vision? A dream? Brothers! People! Why has life been given you? “In the deep, deaf stillness of midnight, the doors of the death cells are being…
Leighton on Purity of Life
“…That we may be the better provided for this useful, and altogether necessary exercise of cleansing our hearts and ways, and apply it with the greater vigour, let us dwell a little upon that sacred expression in the Psalms, Wherewithal…
Astronomy: God’s Handiwork on Display
“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads off from this world to another.” (Plato) The distance from earth to sun is more than 91 million miles. But because that number has a lot of zeros, astronomers measure that…
Judson on the Christian Life
***Reminder: I’m giving away $50 of free books! If you haven’t already, subscribe and pass this on to your friends for more opportunities to win. Click HERE for further details*** On Obedience “O, when will Christians learn…that their puny, polluted…
Young Men, Pursue Freedom!
My encouragement for men in general – but especially for young men – is to pursue genuine freedom in all aspects of their lives. We often toss around the idea of freedom nonchalantly, thinking that because we live in a…
The Forgotten Value of Time
“You are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” (James 4:14) The daily struggle of the Christian is to use his twenty-four hours to the glory of God and the advancement of Jesus’ kingdom. In the…
Read to Remember
Samuel Johnson said, “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”
12 Modern Questions for Spiritual Self-Examination
John Fletcher of Madeley composed 12 questions for spiritual self-examination in the 18th century. I’ve published them previously, but today I’m republishing an updated and modernized version. 1) Did I fill my mind with spiritual thoughts and refrain from distractions…
God’s Rigorous Plan of Preparation
With you, the Christian, God treats you as royalty, and as heir to a throne. The royal child is given no choice in the matter: he must be royalty. And because he is royalty, he is among the most privileged…
Don’t Just Tweet Your Proverbs: Lessons from Solomon (Guest Post: Elliff)
I don’t quite understand it. Everyone knows that King Solomon was the wisest man in the Old Testament. Yet, he had the most precipitous moral freefall of all the kings. The early Solomon loved God. “Now Solomon loved the Lord”…
