When Jesus Prays for Your Faith

When Jesus Prays for Your Faith by Jonathan Parnell Jesus will give you another chance. Luke opens the book of Acts by making this clear. No matter how bad you may have messed up in the past, or how oblivious you may have been to the ways of God, or how stubborn you...

Preparing Your Heart for Worship

Preparing Your Heart for Worship FROM R.C. Sproul Found at: http://www.ligonier.org/ It is very important that we take time to prepare our hearts to worship God before we set foot in the sanctuary on Sunday morning. God made this clear amid the awesome circumstances...

Three Tips on Being a Friend of Sinners

Three Tips on Being a Friend of Sinners by Jonathan Parnell Jesus Jesus was accused of being a friend of sinners. That was the word on the street in first-century Palestine.The precise phrase — “friend of sinners” — is mentioned twice in the Gospels, in Matthew 11:19...

Theology: A dialogue with God, not about God

I read an article by Benjamin Warfield on the life of the theological student. In his short article he reflects upon the relation between the “intellectual” life and the “spiritual” life of the believer. Warfield speaks of the necessity to...

Learing from Dad’s

My first Fathers day was one to remember not because of the gifts or BBQ’s. But I will remember it for two reasons. The first is because it was the first with my little girl who has just turned 8 months. Secondly, it was  a time to reflect on different times in...