Spiritual Disciplines

Book Review: The Tech-Wise Family

Occasionally, a book is not what I expect it to be. Andy Crouch’s new book, The Tech-Wise Family is not what I expected. The book was recently recommended to me, and since I’m preaching a series on the family right now, I decided I should at least take the time to look into Crouch’s suggestions for how …

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Making Time To Read Your Bible

How important is personal Bible reading? One easy answer is: VERY important. Most of you reading this post would wholeheartedly agree with that statement, and yet most of you also acknowledge that you struggle to find sufficient time for reading your Bible. In truth, many of us struggle to find time because we waste a bunch …

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Book Review: The Radical Pursuit of Rest

Occasionally God seems to provide just what I need at just the right time. Sometimes that takes place with a sermon, perhaps a call from a friend, and occasionally even a book. In recent weeks as we approach the end of a large building project with our church, I have become ever more aware of …

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Too Busy for Spiritual Disciplines

You are busy. Life is busy. Everyone is busy. In fact, you are too busy to not be disciplined. Think about the necessity of discipline in your everyday life. You are disciplined to go to bed at a certain time, to get up at a certain time, to shower, go to work, tend to your …

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Starbucks Closed Their Doors and So Should We

On Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Starbucks closed all of its American stores at 5:30 PM so that employees nationwide could receive a three hour retraining of sorts on the intricacies of making the perfect cup of espresso. Customers were turned away at the door as employees were trained and had their skills refined. CEO Howard Shultz …

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Christian Meditation

I’m sure that there are probably enough blog posts on Don Whitney’s Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life already, but I feel the need to add one more. I’m re-reading through Whitney’s book with a friend and was reminded this week of the necessity and value of meditating on God’s word.  Meditation is something of a …

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Growing on Purpose or Drifting by Accident

I love to fish (though I don’t seem to be doing much of it lately). Specifically, I love to bass fish. When fishing for large mouth bass you rarely anchor your boat, normally you troll slowly casting the entire time. This is not a problem so long as you are fishing and controlling the motor. …

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The Daily Docket (7/30/14)

3 Common Traits of Youth Who Don’t Leave— My wife (Angela) sent me a link to this article. Notice that the first and most important trait to be considered is the spiritual state of our students.  Christians persevere.  Our first goal must be to see our students saved. Two Questions that May Greatly Improve Your …

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Bible Study Map

Several years ago, Brad Waggoner and his research team from LifeWay discovered the that the most important factor in determining a Christian’s spiritual maturity was daily Bible reading.  This is not to say that other spiritual disciplines are not important, but it may point to the fact that other spiritual disciplines are built largely off of …

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The Devil Is In The Details

I’m a big picture guy. This is good in some ways, I’m able to usually put pieces together quickly and understand big ideas.  I am terrible with details.  I need others to proof-read and edit my work.  In my last church, my pastor was so often holding me accountable for the “details” of ministry, that …

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