I NEED the work of the Cross in me!
1 Cor. 2:16 — We have the mind of Christ.
Category: Spiritual Formation
The wisdom we refuse
What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. (1 Cor. 2:12, NIV)
Continue reading “The wisdom we refuse”We can’t glorify the cross
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Cor. 1:18, NIV)
Continue reading “We can’t glorify the cross”Dwelling with the Shepherd even in the Shadows
Psalm 23
“Our lives are lived in the company of both the Shepherd and the shadow.” — Eugene Peterson
Continue reading “Dwelling with the Shepherd even in the Shadows”The congruent life
“The Christian life is the lifelong practice of attending to the details of congruence — congruence between ends and means, congruence between what we do and the way we do it, congruence between what is written in Scripture and our living out what is written, congruence between a ship and its prow, congruence between preaching and living, congruence between the sermon and what is lived in both preacher and congregation, the congruence of the Word made flesh in Jesus with what is lived in our flesh.” — Eugene Peterson, As Kingfishers Catch Fire
The Kingdom like no other
THIS is how we should live in true power if we are followers of Christ:
Continue reading “The Kingdom like no other”True beauty
“I cannot worry much about your sins and miseries when I have so many of my own. I can only love you all, poor fellow travelers, fellow sufferers. I do not want to add one least straw to the burden you already carry. My prayer from day to day is that God will so enlarge my heart that I will see you all, and live with you all, in love.” — Dorothy Day (from The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following Jesus)
