Daily Thoughts Blog

2 Cor. 4:1How do you fight discouragement? Or do you? Are you among those who simply yield to its relentless onslaught and give up? People who fall into the latter category typically deal with disappointment in one of two ways. Some continue to work and “minister” (if that word is even appropriate to describe what [...]

Iain H. Murray, born in Lancashire, England, in 1931 was educated in the Isle of Man and at the University of Durham. He entered the Christian ministry in 1955. He served as assistant to Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel (1956-59) and subsequently at Grove Chapel, London (1961-69) and St. Giles Presbyterian Church, Sydney (1981-84). [...]

2 Cor. 3:18There are times when I worry if I’m making progress in the Christian life. Honestly, there are times when I’m quite sure I’m not. I’m not talking about overt backsliding or moral regression, but a feeling of spiritual inertia that causes me to wonder if I’m moving forward toward greater conformity to Christ. [...]

Pride is such a choking weed that nothing will prosper near it.- Joseph Alleine There is no room for God in the person who is full of himself. – Anonymous Proud man would perish unless a lowly Redeemer found him. – Augustine A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he [...]

Making Idols and Mocking Hell: “Theology” in the NewsI’m addicted to USA Today. It’s not the best in American journalism, but it’s entertaining and moderately informative (especially the sports section). Today, Tuesday, September 25, 2007, it was just sad. Two stories in particular caught my eye, both of which are tragically indicative of the state [...]

“A man’s pride shall bring him low.” – Prov. 29:23 Pride was the first sin that was ever committed in the universe. It was and has always been the first sin within the human breast and the last one to be put to death. It is the most deeply-rooted evil in the depths of the [...]

Epistles of Christ2 Cor. 3.1-3 Salvation and our relationship to the Lord are described in any number of ways in the New Testament, using a variety of images, metaphors, and analogies. Jesus is the Good Shepherd and we are the sheep. God is the giver of life and we are born again. He is the [...]

“You were wearied with the length of your way, but you did not say, ‘It is hopeless; you found new life for your strength, and so you were not faint.”- Isaiah 57:10 Weary in the journey? For all believers, there is a weariness that come with the longevity of living out this life in the [...]

Fully Dressed and in a Right Mind I, for one, will be glad when the first freeze comes – not just to eliminate the bugs and the pollen, but to see the public put their clothes back on. Admittedly, if I weren’t a Christian it wouldn’t bother me, I’d go ahead and feed my eyes [...]

2 Cor. 2.15-16 How do you measure success? By what standard do you assess how well you’ve done? When you take stock of your life or evaluate the effectiveness of whatever ministry God has given you, how do you determine the outcome? Do you count heads? Or money? Do you apply the criteria typically used [...]