August 19th: “God of Grace and God of Wrath” 1 Samuel 25:32-44 [Bulletin] The essence of ungodliness is that we presume to take the place of God, to take everything into our own hands. It is faith to commit ourselves to God, to cast all our care on Him, and to vest all our interests in…
July 29th: “Wisdom and Folly” 1 Samuel 25:1-31 [Bulletin] To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God.” – The Preacher (Eccl. 2:26) July 22nd: “Waiting on God” 1 Samuel…
June 24th: “Concrete Christological Commands” Ephesians 4:25-5:4 [Bulletin] Doctrine is not an affair of the tongue but of the life … It is received only when it possesses the whole soul. – John Calvin (1509-1564) June 17th: “Portrait of a Godly Father” 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 [Bulletin] It is the mark of a hypocrite to be a Christian…
God’s Wisdom by Timothy Keller – May 21: “Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored” (Proverbs 13:18). “Correction. The irony is that pride, which hates correction, inevitably leads to public failures that bring shame, a translation of a Hebrew words that means to be taken lightly. So human…
Another outstanding book of brief daily readings by Timothy Keller is his God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life, brief commentaries on the wisdom God provides for us in His Word. From it the reading for February 20 is: “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do…
Update from November 2017 There are two new initiatives we are launching into… Panera Bread Doughnations – Can you believe it? We get to go to a Panera Bread store in downtown Atlanta two Friday nights a month at 10:00PM and pick up all the bread products they have left over from that day. And there is lots of it! We use some…
Cornerstone Family – Let me encourage you to enjoy this Christological reading of the Psalms. Luther had memorized most of the Psalms and understood, taught, and preached Christ as the Lord’s Anointed Who is praying these Psalms. Delight yourself with Timothy Keller as he highlights the gospel from these daily readings. Let’s encourage each other…
Kortie Update August 2017 Report From Tucson, Arizona Dear Friends and Family, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 We are still in a holding pattern as far as moving goes,…
From Charles Spurgeon’s “Christ’s Prayer for His People” Sermon No. 47, Delivered October 21, 1855 There was once a poor man in a small country town who had not all the sense people usually have, but he had sense enough to be a great drunkard and swearer as God would have it, he once listened to a poor woman, who was singing—…
Update from April 2017 Neighborhood – a friend of ours here in Atlanta offered to bring full Easter dinners on the Saturday prior and go with us to distribute to needy families with whom we are building relationships in our neighborhood. What a joy to take those 15 rotisserie chickens and all the trimmings (those…