The Plodding Preacher

When the preferences of the church members are greater than their passion for the gospel, the church is dying.   – Thom Rainer

“Untold millions are still untold.”   ―   John Wesley

“When you love God with your heart but not your mind, you end up loving the god of your imagination, not the God of the universe.”

Please take the time to read this excellent article by Gregory Harris on praying for our children.  The whole article is found HERE . The Bible clearly shows that, during our Lord’s earthly ministry, there were parents who wanted Jesus to bless their children: Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” And after laying His hands on them, He departed from there. ( Matt. 19:13–15 ) Though Jesus is not currently visible ( 1 Pet. 1:8 ), nothing has changed for believing parents. We still want—and so desperately need—the Lord to bless our children. This shows both our continuous looking to Him and the realization that our capacities as parents are limited. As with most items related to discipleship—and parenting is definitely a God-ordained and co...

"Would you have a Bible made according to your mind,—a brand-new Bible, I suppose, once a week, for your mind changes so often that it would need constantly to be revised in order to be according to your mind? And shall God speak only such things as you would have him say? Are you to be master of his voice, and lord even of the Inspired Word?" There are some people who raise questions even concerning God himself. According to their notions, God should be this, or that, and almost anything but what he really is. Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the only living and true God, is not at all according to their taste. Some even venture so far as to call his justness, “severity.” They would have “a God all mercy” if they could. Or they pick out some one or other of God’s attributes, and they want to have a change made in it. What! man, is God to be made to suit thee, instead of thyself being adapted to ...

The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the unabridged dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop. Edwin Conklin (Biologist)

I wish I could reproduce here today's Dustin comic Strip.  Let me encourage you check it out HERE .

  There’s a difference between following your heart and being led by God. Original Article HERE. SHARE 2,017 70 More By   Shane Pruitt April 15, 2015 Shane Pruitt is a husband, a father, a pastor in Rowlett, TX, and a speaker for camps, conferences, DNows, etc. He also writes about Biblical truth and culture at   alreadyam.com . "You just need to follow your heart!” How many times have we been given this statement as a piece of good advice? Culture tells us this is the ultimate determiner in making decisions: “What is your heart telling you to do?” In seeking out help, wisdom and guidance, we’ll speak to loved ones, people we look up to and respect, or even professional counselors, and all the conversations end with the same sort of counsel: “At the end of the day, you just need to do what your heart tells you to.” Now that advice may be well-meaning by someone who believes it’s true, or perhaps by someone who doesn’t know what el...

In the debates that are raging in today's culture, a common argument used against traditional positions is that they are on the "wrong side of history."  Those who are progressive believe that history is moving to a great progressive end and that they are on the side that will proven by history to have been on the right side of the argument.  They proclaim that those of us who disagree with them will be left in the dust of history. Of course this argument fails on so many levels.  However, I will only mention two here today.  The first lies in the idea that there is a right side of history and that progressives are sure that they are on it.  If one looks back at only the last hundred years, the progressives in our society have been notoriously bad at choosing the right side of history.  Politically, the progressive cultural elites of our society have at one time or another sided with Hitler, Stalin and Mao.  Some even today try to rehabilitate ...

A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian… and most of all, his family ought to know.   ~ D.L. Moody

  Follow Church Curmudgeon ‏ @ ChrchCurmudgeon They scream at us for using the slippery slope argument, as they speed by on their snowboards.

Tomb, You shall not hold Him longer, Death is strong, but life is stronger Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right; Faith and hope triumphant say; Christ will rise on Easter Day. While the patient earth lies waiting Till the morning shall be breaking Shuddering beneath the burden dread Of her Master, cold and dead, Hark! she hears the angels say; Christ will rise on Easter Day. And when sunrise smites the mountains Pouring light from heavenly fountains Then the earth blooms out to greet Once again the blessed feet; And her countless voices say; Christ has risen on Easter Day. (Author: Phillips Brooks)

We live and die; Christ died and lived!  ~ John Stott

The Wondrous Cross by Keith Mathison I sometimes wonder how many Christians stop to think about how incredibly odd it is that crucifixes are used as works of art. Crucifixes adorn church architecture, classic paintings, sculpture, and even jewelry. But consider for a moment what a crucifix was originally. It was a means of execution. In fact, it was and is one of the most ghastly means of execution ever devised by man. So horrible was it that it was reserved for the lowest of the low: slaves, pirates, and rebels. Roman citizens were exempt. Cultured Romans considered it unworthy of discussion in polite company. Yet today we wear this symbol of degrading and humiliating death around our necks. The jarring nature of this is not immediately apparent to us because over time, the symbol of the cross has lost many of its original connotations. To get some idea of the oddity, imagine seeing people wearing necklaces with images of a guillotine or an electric chair. Wha...

Learn to know Christ and him crucified. Learn to sing to him, and say, "Lord Jesus, you are my righteousness, I am your sin. You have taken upon yourself what is mine and given me what is yours. You have become what you were not so that I might become what I was not." --Martin Luther