Christian Living

“It is important to note that both Wesley and Whitefield are just men who have weaknesses and struggles just like all men. Both are heroes of the faith who were faithful preachers of the gospel. There is no reason to gloss over the faults and failures of any preacher since all are sinners saved by grace.” - P&D

“Turning 50 hit me hard. Somehow, it felt a lot different than turning 40… How much longer will I have to live and serve the Lord? 25 years? 20 years? Less? Only God knows” - P&D

“One of the aspects of the Christian faith that I find particularly perplexing is the freedom God gives his people to obey him in different or even opposite ways, so that one person’s obedience is another person’s disobedience. Even as two people take the same action, one might be obeying him and the other disobeying him.” - Challies

“Sleep requires daily humility to set the work aside, close your eyes, and be unconscious–a little practice of what death ultimately requires of you and proves to be true: the world runs fine without you.” - P&D

“Often what a sufferer needs most—especially after tragedy—isn’t advice, input, or billboard Bible verses. It’s physical presence that affirms Christ’s presence.” - TGC

“The pride of life, then, could be described as an arrogant pride that one places in one’s possessions or overall situation in this present life. It is a satisfaction in temporary possessions and the benefits they afford instead of satisfaction in knowing, loving, and obeying God” - P&D

“Without fail, we share the lives of our friends and they ours, for good and for ill.

That’s why Solomon so warns his son, and by extension us, to be wise when we make friends.” - The Cripplegate

“When people with moderate incomes are brow-beaten into spending like they are rich, they remain poor forever.forever. The same goes for the wedding and reception.” - P&D

“…we don’t usually know what’s motivating someone’s actions. We do tend to be quick to judge. As someone has said, we never know what kind of battles people are fighting. In Scriptural terms, we’re to be ‘quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger’ ” - P&D

“Spurgeon is unpacking a truth often repeated in Scripture. God doesn’t keep time like we keep time. His ways are not our ways (Isa. 55:8). What is unanswered to us is simply moving right on his timetable for him.” - TGC