By PastorJohn on 12/28/2009 9:48 AM

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Spiritual Depression, p. 35) haas some good counsel for dealing with our spiritual malaise and despondency:

    Would you like to be rid of this spiritual depression?

    The first thing you have to do is to say farewell now once and forever to your past.

    Realize that it has been covered and blotted out in Christ.

    Never look back at your sins again.

    Say: ‘It is finished, it is covered by the Blood of Christ’.

    That is your first step.

    Take that and finish with yourself and all this talk about goodness, and look to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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By PastorJohn on 12/15/2009 10:15 AM

Just stumbled across a good and thoughtful post on what it means to serve Christ in our particular vocations. It's called Six Floors of Sunday School...to what end? This is especially helpful to those feeling a little burned out with church service.

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By PastorJohn on 12/3/2009 10:21 PM

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction…

The above statement is taken from the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message and is a good summary of what Christians throughout the ages have believed about the Bible. It also happens to be what we still believe about the Scriptures – these books really are God’s written word, a “perfect treasure of divine instruction.”  Now, if we believe this, then we ought to study, even immerse ourselves, in this Book. Right?

So, just how immersed are you? Take a moment and see if you can get these questions right. (Answers at the Bottom).

1)    What is the first book of the Bible?
2)    Name the four Gospels?
3)    Where in the bible is the Sermon on the Mount?
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