Month: July 2011

Make Time For Prayer

J.C. Ryle on the parable of the Widow and the Judge (Luke 18:1-8): “Do we ever feel a secret inclination to hurry our prayers, or shorten our prayers, or become careless about our prayers, or omit our prayers altogether?  Let us be sure, when we do, that it is a direct temptation from the devil.  …

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The Spielberg Study Method

My friend Ben Stevens recently published an article over at Christianity Today about how four books on filmmaking helped him in his pursuit to become a better preacher and teacher of God’s Word.  He writes, “if your role requires you to understand great narrative, it may be beneficial to consider what it means to create …

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The Good Fruit of Christian Morality

In a recent editorial on Canada’s Burnaby Now (www.burnabynow.com) website, an editorial by Maurice Harting argues that human rights do not exist without religious belief.  The editorial is written in response to a previous article seeking to abolish references to religion in Canadian schools in order to protect those of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and …

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