5 Quotes from “Follow Me: A Simple Guide to Following Jesus” by Jeremy Treat

If you’ve been a Christian for a while, most of what’s found in here will be a helpful reminder to you, but there probably won’t be anything you didn’t already know about the Christian faith. However, this book is worth the purchase for Christians at any stage in their journey, and you should actually buy…

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10 Quotes from “Praying Together: The Priority and Privilege of Prayer: In Our Homes, Communities, and Churches” by Megan Hill

In short: read this book. This is a great resource that provides both a theological foundation for praying together and practical tips for how to accomplish the goal of doing so. Megan helps prove the power of prayer with others by consistently sharing stories of revivals you probably weren’t aware of. If you’re looking for…

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Our Miscarriage and God’s Providence

Olive June Boga was born Wednesday October 31, 2018. She was no bigger than the distance between two of my knuckles, but she had beautiful eyes, a heart, fingers, and toes.  She was, and remains, our daughter. We cared for her as best we could, and we love her with our whole hearts. Olive June was miscarried at eight weeks.

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Intentional Opposites: Jesus and Peter

Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.”…But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.” And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice,…

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10 quotes from “Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church” by John Onwuchekwa

I read through this book over the past week or so, and I really enjoyed it. It’s striking how relatably and accessibly it was written. John wrote it in a way that I feel I could hand this to anyone in my church, from the least to the most educated, and they would all walk…

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Clinging to Cold Ceremonies

“To say nothing of other matters, what greater blindness can be imagined, than to hope for the expiation of sin from the sacrifice of a beast, or to seek mental purification in external washing with water, or to attempt to appease God with cold ceremonies, as if he were greatly delighted with them? Such are…

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10 Quotes from “Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry” by Paul Tripp

I’ve been working through this book on and off for the past couple of months. I got a little bogged down at times because, while the content was excellent, it did seem a bit repetitive. That being said, it was definitely worth the time spent finishing it because it called me to take a step…

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Prayer is a Sign of Weakness

One of the fundamental concepts of prayer is that it’s an action of looking outside of ourselves for what we can’t find inside. That means, at its core, prayer is an admission of weakness, inability, and humility. Two Examples: Psalm 51 You’ll notice that in David’s famous prayer of repentance it’s God that has mercy (v.…

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Jesus the Greater: David’s Mighty Men

Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David at the cave of Adullam, when the army of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem. And David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give…

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John Calvin on Calvinists

I remember the first time I fully explained the Doctrines of Grace to my parents I told them that I was a “Calvinist.” The response I got will always stick with me. One of my parents (I can’t remember which) then said, “Wait, so you’re not a Christian?” Their tone was one of deep concern…

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