“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.” – Aiden Wilson Tozer
I will just put it out there. Most Christian books are written to sell books, and not to point people into a true New Covenant discipleship. Most expend their ink telling you what it is you should be doing by your own efforts to please our God, but not telling you how He wants us to relate …
Here's a question for you. What is the pathway to fully living the Christian life of holiness and obedience each day? Jesus Himself answered this question for us in His final discourse with His disciples on the night He was betrayed. In fact, Jesus explained different aspects of this pathway often, yet most Christians in the …
"Jesus, Thine All Victorious Love" Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Jesus, thine all-victorious love When in my heart abroad: Then shall my feet no longer rove, Rooted and fix'd in God.O that in me the sacred fireMight now begin to glow;Burn up the dross of base desire,And make the mountains flow.O that it now from heaven might fall,And …
"O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him. O fear the Lord, you his holy ones, for those who fear him have no want." - Psalm 34:8-9 "William Law remarks that people are merely "amusing themselves" by asking for the patience which a famine or persecution would call for if, …
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, English abolitionist and statesman, on prayer. Buxton was a part of an extended family of missionaries around the world that included C.T. Studd and Norman Grubb. He was a strong advocate against slavery and for the rights and self-determination of indigenous people around the world. "When I am out of heart, I follow …
What have those who knew their God intimately said about the true Christian life? Read on. “Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society.” ~ Jacques Ellul “Jesus didn’t come just to save us from problems we have, but from the problem we are.” ~ Myron S. Augsburger “Sometimes when I …
The New Covenant prophesied in the Old Testament Ezekiel 36:22-27 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “It is not for your sake, house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. And …
"Adoration of the One True God," by Sir John Bowring, 1792-1872 Ancient of Ages! humbly bent before Thee,Songs of glad homage, Lord! to Thee we bring:Touched by thy spirit, oh! teach us to adore Thee,Sole God and Father! Everlasting King!Let Thy light attend us,Let Thy grace befriend us,Eternal, Unrivaled, All-directing King! Send forth Thy mandate, …
From the book, "Walking in the Spirit," on the topic of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in response to our absolute surrender. "But the Spirit not only reveals Christ, but He actually brings Him to occupy and abide in the heart. It is not enough to see, we must receive Him and become personally united …
"However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” - Jesus, in Luke 18 "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is …
One Pursuit 