We are a deceptive people. And selfish. Corrupt to the core. So we are bound to find ourselves sinning. This is no surprise to anyone who understands the wretched condition of mankind. But how do we respond to our sin? Do we run to the cross with tears streaming down our face? Do we plead…
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Did you know that American short story writer had a peacock farm when she was still alive? This I did not know. Until I learned about it in a most peculiar way. I’ll get to that in a minute. The Middle-of-the-Summer Outdoor Music Festival My first exposure to O’Connor, like many of you, was when…
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What would you do if someone told you to starve your fatness of soil? Corpulence. Obesity. Plumpness. The best or richest part of something. Chew the fat. Fat pork. Fat year. Fat log of wood. Fat land. Get this into your fat head. Fat chance. George Orwell said, “There never was, I suppose, in the history…
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Part of a weekly series on Matthew. This week: Matthew 1:1-17. From the top. A homeless man, schemer and incestuous sexual predator. Then a prostitute and a Gentile woman. An adulterer and murderer. Devout kings and apostate rulers. Slaves and masters. Poor and rich. Men and women. This, my friends, is . It would be…
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Last week I published a monster cheat sheet to John Owen’s Mortification of Sin in Believers. As promised here is a list of reasons why every Christian should read the original book. 1. Understand it is your duty to kill sin Ask most Christians and they don’t have a clue what you mean when you…
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Part of a weekly series on Matthew. This week: Matthew 12:1-8. The Pharisees had a tough time seeing it. Something greater than Jonah. Something greater than Solomon. They made the same mistake when they accused Jesus and his disciples of plucking grain and eating it on a Sabbath. Jesus, like he did when tempted by…
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Part of a new weekly series on the book of Matthew. This week: Matthew 12:42 There was no more spirit in her. After seeing all his wisdom, the house he built, the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their clothes, his cup bearers and the stairway…
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Part of a new weekly series on the book of Matthew. This week: Matthew 12:38-41 Jonah had no idea what to expect the day he walked into Nineveh. As the capital of the Assyrian Empire, it was quite possibly the largest city in the known world. The inner city was surrounded by walls 8 miles…
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