“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.” – Aiden Wilson Tozer
"Abide In Christ" by Andrew Murray. Whitaker House, publisher, 251 pages. Bottom line up front: This is an extraordinary book from an extraordinary writer. It is a must-read volume that, if read with a heart seeking the indwelling Christ, will bring the reader into the way of life for which we were created and redeemed. …
How do we remain in a vital union, an abiding relationship in which we are in Christ and Christ in us? The path to living in this abiding life includes loving him with our entire being, more than we love self or any other person or thing. It is built upon our surrendering more and more …
Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee , Bernard of Clairvaux 1090 - 1153 AD. Some say Bernard was a kind of early reformer, although he did not speak out against many significant errors of his day. Regardless of his relationship with highly institutional religion, some of his writings indicate a heart after his Savior. This poem, later turned into a …
The New Covenant prophesied in the Old Testament Jeremiah 31:31-34 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to bring …
Continue reading The New Covenant in Scripture: Jeremiah and Ezekiel
1 Thessalonians 5:19 " Do not quench the Spirit...." We live the Christian life by the Holy Spirit who indwells us. He is our connection into Christ, our channel for the life of Christ to flow in and through us each day. How we commune and interact with the Spirit in us is therefore vitally important …
Psalm 37:1-11 "Do not get upset because of evildoers, do not be envious of wrongdoers.For they will wither quickly like the grass, and decay like the green plants.Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and cultivate faithfulness.Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.Commit …
How can we pray reliably according to the will of our God? He has given us so many clues in the scriptures that to do so is really not difficult. The big issues of His will for us are found in the purposes for which we were created and redeemed. To pray for them regarding …
Our modern view of prayer in the religion of the institutional church is very weak and one-dimensional. For so many, prayer is characterized by the following fallacious attitudes and beliefs: Prayer is an event - we "do" prayer, usually at specific times and in specific settings. Over a meal. Before a meeting. For a few …
The advice in the title, given by A.W. Tozer. He stated, "Read less, but read more of what really matters." Sound wisdom. I have been publishing lists of influential books that will help to guide readers into a deeper understanding of the Gospel of the Kingdom as Christ Jesus presented it, and the New Covenant …
I am a steady reader. Some might say a voracious reader. I know a few voracious readers, and I don't read as much as they do. But I am always in the midst of a book or two, and sometimes three. As I stated in the most recent post, the characteristics that make a book …
One Pursuit 