The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms read.amazon.com This Sunday at The Gathering, we kick off our annual Summer preaching series “Summer Under the Psalms”, a multi-year “walk” straight through all 150 Psalms. In light of that, I’d like to recommend a book to you that will help you if you…
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Book Recommendation: Praying the Bible
In my message on Sunday, I introduced a book that has helped to change the way I pray called Praying The Bible, by Dr. Donald Whitney. If we’re honest, prayer can easily become a recitation of repetitious words about repetitious things. The result is usually boredom and drudgery…and giving up. I found that this quote by…
A Daily Devotional Recommendation: New Morning Mercies
Looking for a new devotional for 2019? I can’t recommend this one by Paul David Tripp enough! My wife, Karen, and I have been going through New Morning Mercies together over the last couple of years and found it rich with encouragement, grace, and spiritual insights. Today, we started through it again. Thoroughly Gospel-centered, Paul…
7 Tips for Reading Better, Faster and Smarter
I have to read a lot for my job. As a pastor, my responsibility is not to know everything, but to know as much as I can and then know where to find what I don’t know (which is plenty!). That’s a big responsibility when you are regularly asked questions on every minutia of theology…