I was reading through the first letter to the Thessalonians and got to the end where in typical Pauline fashion he lists a set of instructions for his readers regarding living out the Christian life.This section seems to pick up in verse 12 after Paul concludes his thoughts regarding the coming of the Lord and the day of the Lord. Continue reading
This is the 4th installment of the Adventure of the Elected Man.
You can read the first installment here.
Holmes pressed Spurgeon, “When Jesus said ‘come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest’ and ‘whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely’ were these invitations open to both the elect and the reprobate? And when we read that God takes no pleasure in the death of anyone but instead desires that all men be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth that this desire is expressed so that it includes all of mankind”? Continue reading
This post is slightly modified from original published on February 24, 2010. This post is being re-posted based on a discussion on what is mysticism on Rachel Held Evan’s blog.
I am currently taking a class on Spiritual Formation. Some of the texts used in the class are Willard’s Spirit of the Disciplines (SD) and Foster’s Celebration of the Disciplines (CD).
In CD Foster says that the “great writers of the devotional life” range from “St. Augustine to St. Francis, from John Calvin to John Wesley, from Teresa of Avila to Juliana of Norwich”. Continue reading
Dead Heroes Don't Save 