"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
What is the Way to Real Life?: renunciation and realization with Jesus Christ
I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.Show me the wonders of your great love,you who save by your right handthose who take refuge in you from their foes. (Psalm 17:6-7)Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; …
Continue reading "What is the Way to Real Life?: renunciation and realization with Jesus Christ"
We Belong to God: John Calvin on the Duty of Believers
As I read through John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion this summer, occasionally I am sharing sections that strike me with particular force. Here is Calvin reflecting on the summary of the Christian life beginning in self-denial in order that the life of Christ might spring up within us by God's grace. Even though the …
Continue reading "We Belong to God: John Calvin on the Duty of Believers"
Thursdays with Murray [Humility, week 9]
Continuing my series of posts on Andrew Murray's brief book Humility, today I look at both chapter ten, "Humility and Death to Self," and chapter twelve, "Humility and Exaltation." While I admit I'm pulling these two chapters slightly out of order, I believe they fit together as two book-ends around chapter eleven (which we'll look at next …
The Life I Live in the Body (Galatians 2:20, part 3)
Today, I conclude my reflections on Paul's words in Galatians 2:20 with attention to the final phrase: "the life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” If we have been crucified - killed - with Christ, and if we have been overtaken …
Continue reading "The Life I Live in the Body (Galatians 2:20, part 3)"
Matthew Erickson 