Excuses For Not Praying – D.A. Carson
Excerpt from “A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers” by D.A. Carson I Am Too Busy Lillian Guild tells an amusing story of an occasion when she and her husband were driving along and happened to notice a late-model Cadillac with its hood up, parked at the side of the road. Its driver appeared somewhat perplexed and agitated. Mrs. Guild and her husband pulled over to see if they could offer assistance. The stranded driver hastily and somewhat sheepishly explained that he had known when he left home that he was rather low on fuel, but he had been in a...
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“What we delight in will shape our eternity.” – Ray Ortlund These passages from the last few chapters of Book 1 of Augustine’s Confessions show us the devastating link between sin and delight. Sinful acts are the result of overruling desires, misplaced pleasures, disorder loves, darksome affections. In 1.16, speaking of the influence of immoral literature that he studied, Augustine confesses: “Yet, O my God, in whose sight I now safely recall this, in my wretchedness I willingly learned these things and took delight in them. For this I was called a boy of great...
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Verse Cards – Romans 8 Verse Cards – Psalm 1 Verse Cards – Psalm 16 Verse Cards – Psalm 103 Verse Cards – Matthew 6 Verse Cards – Romans 5 Verse Cards – 1 Corinthians...
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from Puritan David Clarkson’s sermon, Soul Idolatry Excludes Men Out of Heaven (37 pages, PDF, 11.4...
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