Do you get cranky when you are hungry? When I go too long without eating, I become light-headed and my thinking grows foggy. My spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak. A few years ago, the makers of Snickers candy bars produced a series of humorous commercials bearing the tagline, “You’re not you when […]
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The Coal that Touched My Lips
Isaiah’s description (chapter 6) of the majesty he beheld standing in the throne room of Almighty God is both awe inspiring and frightening. Six winged seraphim covered their faces so as not to gaze on God’s indescribable glory and covered their feet so he would not look upon the most humble part of their bodies. […]
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Who Will Go?
John Piper tells an engaging ministry story in The Supremacy of God in Preaching. He preached a sermon on Isaiah 6 without one word of application. He wondered if the majesty, power, and glory of God was enough to retain the congregation’s interest without cute little homespun life points. Later he found out that one […]
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Balancing the Wrath and the Grace of God
The book of Romans contains this riveting verse: “Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off” (Romans 11:22). There are two sides to the nature of God—kindness and sternness. The God of […]
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Ambassadors of Christ
The church is in the reconciliation business, so you and I must be in that business, too. God “reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18). Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9), but in today’s atmosphere charged with political hostility and ideological division, peace is […]
