Speak His Words to each other, a command and joy

I was at a Bible study last night and among other things, we were discussing the importance of sharing God’s Words with each other—literally, God’s Words—the Bible, the Word, the truth in it. As I woke up this morning I was reminded of Mal. 3:16-18 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. […]

Spiritual Disciplines, one reason why to do them–no money required for life transformation

For the last several months I’ve read books by Dallas Willard (Divine Conspiracy, Hearing God) and most recently, The Spirit of the Disciplines. Among other challenges, Willard makes significant claims for the validity of the spiritual disciplines. His thinking can be summed up by saying that the spiritual disciplines are training for the body and […]

What about Lent? should we celebrate it or is it "works righteousness" ?

In the last couple of days I’ve received a number of very good questions from people in the class asking about Lent. One of the best ways to answer the question is through an article I did for my church communications ministry. I’ve reprinted a slightly revised version of that below, along with downloadable PDFs […]