Sometimes a habit is a placeholder for attention. The habit of daily tracking a budget through a smartphone app can keep us attentive to our financial obligations and goals. The habit of keeping a food journal can lead to a better diet and weight loss simply through creating attentiveness to food. The habit of reading the verse of the day can keep us pegged to the Word … [Read more...] about Habits of Attention
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Audio Bibles
I want to commend audio bibles to you. We live in a time of podcasts and audiobooks. Why not also listen to the Bible? We have always been first aural. We learn language through hearing, not reading. Indeed, the ability to listen is nearly universal. And listening overcomes illiteracy, low literacy, and dyslexia. For centuries, the public, audible reading of … [Read more...] about Audio Bibles
Only the Childlike
"Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3, ESV). Only the childlike... An adult believes he knows best. An adult would like to see the schedule first. An adult would like the discounted version. An adult is wary of commitments. An adult doesn’t want surprises. An adult prefers … [Read more...] about Only the Childlike
To Tim Keller
On a day off, I might curl up on the couch, fire up Tetris 99 on the Nintendo Switch, mute the television, and listen to a Keller sermon on my phone while I played. On a hard day, a worn out day, I might listen to a Keller sermon on the drive home. On a down day, in search of grace, I might browse through the Gospel in Life podcast and find a relevant Keller sermon and … [Read more...] about To Tim Keller
Saints Everywhere
In some town you’ve never heard of at some church that will never headline, a psalmist writes beautiful poetry to God. At some small camp, dusty and dirty, old and wooden, an amateur magician delights kids and shares the Gospel. In a rural county, a single lady with no children, over a lifetime, disciples hundreds of children. At some ministry faraway, a no-named … [Read more...] about Saints Everywhere