Over the next weeks, I am interacting with some of the writings of Andrew Murray. Murray was a South African pastor and missionary during the 19th and early 20th centuries. I am spending time first with his short book Humility. In chapter 3, Murray looks in a more focused way at the humility evident in Jesus' …
Pascal on the Infinite Abyss
I came across this quoted Pascal in his work Pensées as I prepared for my message this past weekend. It is one that I have shared in previous messages, but it is so relevant to our searching for identity: "There was once in man a true happiness of which there now remain to him only the mark and empty trace, which …
Thursdays with Murray [Humility, week 2]
Over the next number of weeks, I am interacting with some of the writings of Andrew Murray. Murray was a South African pastor and missionary during the 19th and early 20th centuries. I am spending time first with his short book Humility, which a friend shared with me recently. In the second chapter of the book, …
Bibliography for the Theology of Suffering and the Life of Joseph
Whenever I study for a sermon series, I spend a lot of time far in advance of that sermon series doing research, reading books, thinking, reading articles, reflecting, reading more books, writing, and reading even more. I usually gather all of the resources I use together into a bibliography for each series. Sometimes, I have …
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Thursdays with Murray [Humility, week 1]
Over the next number of weeks, I am interacting with some of the writings of Andrew Murray. Murray was a South African pastor and missionary during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Murray is probably best known for his book With Christ in the School of Prayer, but he has many other valuable works. My writing …
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