Tom Schmidt's BlogFrom Augustine’s “City of God” (22.30) ““The reward [for the Christian]…will be God himself…who gave the promise of himself, the best and greatest of all promises… He will be the goal of all our longings; and we shall see him forever; we shall love him without satiety; we shall praise him without wearying. This will […]
This week we gathered together to celebrate the life of Craig Worley. Here’s the text for the sermon I preached at his service. (audio can be found here) Craig Worley CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE SERMON: Philippians 1:18b-23 “To Be with Christ is FAR Better” Yes, and I will rejoice, 19 for I know that through […]
“For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.” (Ps 84:10a) Becoming a Christian involves a radical reorientation of the heart. A heart that once found God boring, now finds Him thrilling. A heart that once thought God irrelevant, now sees Him supremely important. A heart that once spurned God’s love, now […]
CALVIN on the Use of SECULAR Sources In preparing to preach on Titus 1:10-16, I ran across an interest quote by John Calvin regarding Titus 1:12-13. In that passage, Paul quotes Epimenides, a Cretan poet 1:12-13. The quote reads: “One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, […]