“To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.” – Aiden Wilson Tozer
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 …
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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 …
"Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and about the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. And this we will do, if God …
Quotations from David G. Benner on experiencing the love of our God personally and deeply: "Many will speak of knowing that their sins have been forgiven. Some will speak of answers to prayer or a sense of God's presence. But many will fall strangely silent. Many - even evangelicals, who talk the most about a …
There is an old saying; “It’s not what you know, but who you know that matters.” And nowhere in the affairs of the human race is this more true than for those who seek to be true disciples of Jesus Christ. Our God has made this clear repeatedly in the scriptures. In the previous two …
Image via Author, White Cloud Peaks, Idaho Our God has created us and redeemed us for very important purposes, though a great many church goers would be hard-pressed to tell you what they are. Certainly, to love our God above all other loves, including above ourselves, is one of them You can read about this …
Image via Author, Bighorn Range, Wyoming Often in the Old Testament prophetic books there will lie almost hidden within the narratives a key truth for those who are serious seekers. Like treasures hidden ordinary fields, one must be alert to them and at times dig a little for them. But one need not dig too …
“There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death and on forever.” - JI Packer What does it mean to know your God as it …
Continue reading Familiarity, Not Facts; Intimacy, Not Information.
Years ago, a speaker from Ireland was addressing a group of Young Life missionaries of which I was a part. The point of his message was the need for us to develop and maintain an intimate, conversational relationship with our God. Quintessentially Irish, with wild red hair, a fisherman’s beard, a distinct Irish brogue, flaming …
One Pursuit 