eikon
Eikōn? See Colossians 1:15 & 3:10. Eikōn is a place for those with a passion for Jesus, and a desire to be like Jesus.Archive for April, 2009
Our souls were made for the majesty of Christ…
See the article on Gavin Peacock in the Times. The former England mid-fielder and football pundit is now training for the Christian ministry.
The article is here
Spurgeon… on books!
A quote from Spurgeon’s sermon on 2 Timothy 4:13 where Paul asks Timothy to bring him his books/parchments.
We do not know what the books were about, and we can only form some guess as to what the parchments were. Paul had a few books which were left, perhaps wrapped up in the cloak, and Timothy was to be careful to bring them. Even an apostle must read. . . . A man who comes up into the pulpit, professes to take his text on the spot, and talks any quantity of nonsense, is the idol of many. If he will speak without premeditation, or pretend to do so, and never produce what they call a dish of dead men’s brains—oh! that is the preacher. How rebuked are they by the apostle!
He is inspired, and yet he wants books!
He has been preaching at least for thirty years, and yet he wants books!
He had seen the Lord, and yet he wants books!
He had had a wider experience than most men, and yet he wants books!
He had been caught up into the third heaven, and had heard things which it was unlawful for a men to utter, yet he wants books!
He had written the major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books!
The apostle says to Timothy and so he says to every preacher, "Give thyself unto reading." The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own.
Brethren, what is true of ministers is true of all our people. You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers, and expositions of the Bible. We are quite persuaded that the very best way for you to be spending your leisure, is to be either reading or praying. You may get much instruction from books which afterwards you may use as a true weapon in your Lord and Master’s service. Paul cries, "Bring the books"—join in the cry.
2 quotes from George Muller
I was looking for a quote this morning. I couldn’t find it but I did come across these:
“It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer.”
”The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.”
Scrubbed from Sunday night but worth a post!
The opening quote from Eugene Peterson “Working the Angles”
“American pastors are abandoning their posts, left and right, and at an alarming rate. They are not leaving their churches and getting other jobs. Congregations still pay their salaries. Their names remain on the church stationary and they continue to appear in pulpits on Sundays. But they are abandoning their posts, their calling. They have gone whoring after other gods. What they do with their time under the guise of pastoral ministry hasn’t the remotest connection with what the church’s pastors have done for most of twenty centuries.
A short talk about John Newton.
Just before I finished at Corsham, I spoke to the TLC, a group for the more mature members and their friends. I chose to speak on John Newton. The audio is here.
Wayne Grudem mp3’s
I need to put some some new content on the ipod shuffle that I listen to in the car, so it was good to find this in my rss feeds this morning:
For the past five years Wayne Grudem has been teaching a "Christian Essentials" Sunday School class, which roughly corresponds to his bestselling Systematic Theology. You can listen online for free, as well as seen his teaching outline (for most of the classes).
