The Phone Call I Should Have Made
Greg May talks about thankfulness on the Energion.com Podcast. Just because people work without expecting anything in return doesn’t mean we should fail to thank them.
Greg May talks about thankfulness on the Energion.com Podcast. Just because people work without expecting anything in return doesn’t mean we should fail to thank them.
… or perhaps you shouldn’t. I’ve known many pastors who didn’t want to preach stewardship sermons, or “money sermons” as they’re often called. The congregation doesn’t want to hear about money. They’d rather be encouraged in various ways. I’ve also known many pastors who claimed they were totally unafraid of the money sermon. They claimed…
The Psalms are a wonderful book, not only for the many things we can learn from them, but because they provide us with something to read or to pray for almost any mood and any occasion. When we’re down, there are laments (Psalm 28). When we’re up, there are short, lively praise Psalms (Psalm 150). In trouble, we find prayers for safety and rescue (Psalm 140). Ready to meditate? Look for Psalms of wisdom (Psalm 104), telling you of God’s power (Psalm 29), his law (Psalm 19, Psalm 119), and his covenant (Psalm 89). Angry? You can even find some Psalms with a tone of vengeance (Psalm 137). Overcome by temptation? There are Psalms of penitence (Psalm 51, Psalm 32). (The Psalms in parentheses are just examples.)
First time author, Donna Marie Ennis, brings contemplation to the forefront of an active, strong prayer life in her book, The Ground of God: Contemplative Prayer for the Contemporary Spirit. How many of us struggle to pull down the frantic pace of our lives and bend our priorities from this world under the better priorities…
From Dave Black Online: It is God’s prerogative to realign our lives to bring more glory and praise to His name. (David Alan Black is author of three Energion titles: Why Four Gospels? (just released), Christian Archy, and The Jesus Paradigm.)
Doing Apologetics by Elgin J. Hushbeck, Jr. Retail: $5.99 The essential point is I do not judge what I do by how many debates I win or souls I save, because the first doesn’t matter and I can’t do the latter in any event. My goal in my walk with God is to be…
Our current editing work on books to be released in the next month is very rich with thoughts for Pentecost Sunday. In each case, page numbers are from the advance reader copies and may vary slightly in the final edition. First, from Unfettered Spirit: Spiritual Gifts for the New Great Awakening by Bob Cornwall, pages…