“Help us to learn how to fail in grace forward.
Help us to falter toward Your great glory.
I know we must stagger, but help us to stagger
From one grace-promotion to the next one You give.”
21 Prayers, p. 113
Battle of the Gods
Introduction A few days ago, when the news about that huge Hindu image of Lord Hanuman was first going around, my friend Joe Rigney inquired if anyone knew whether @MichaelCassidy had anything ...
Amber Holiness
“And so I pray to be able to preach
With the fearful noise of Ezekiel’s wheels
Coming up from behind, overtaking us all.
I pray I would preach while standing rock-firm
In the glow of Your amber and terrible crystal.”
21 Prayers, p. 111
Letters for the Edification of All
Letter to the Editor: You published a letter from a man who objected to his wife reading romance novels. Your response was for him to talk to her, with the implication that he should scold ...
Fully Qualified
“In Your grace, You use nothing but unsuitable instruments
And here we are now, assembled for service.
I qualify as just such an unworthy servant,
So use me, I ask You, according to grace,
In line with Your goodness, in line with Your purposes.”
21 Prayers, p. 110
Pretty Simple When You Think About It
“Those who are in favor of smaller government are, when this is translated, in favor of a smaller capacity for coercion. Those who are in favor of bigger government are in favor of increased opportunities for coercion.”
Empathy in the High Places
Casting down imaginations . . . (2 Cor. 10:5) The high places of old that kings in Judah were reluctant to tear down, even the good kings, were places that presented themselves well. The groves were stately, the trees well-spaced, the shrines impressive, the walkways manicured. There was a sense of the numinous and holy, …
A Crown by Faith
Introduction Sermon Video In the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem, we see that the cross is very much in view. At the same time, it is still appropriate to call it a triumphal entry ...
And Their Coercion Is Invisible to Them
“Jesus hates socialism. He hates statism. He hates crony capitalism. Why? Because it doesn’t run on love. Love is obligatory, but it is not coercive. Coercion, masked as it is by the lies of modern statist theory, is their great counterfeit of love.”
Explosive Glory
“But we want to see You glorified now.
And deliverance that comes like a bolt from the blue
Would also be glorious, and Your name would be praised in it,
But I pray we might see this grace as its building.
Father, I pray for a gathering crescendo
That then reaches in glory a climax of wonder.
I pray that Your glory comes in like a thunderclap,
So that we might try to match an amen.”
21 Prayers, p. 106