Feb 9th, 2012
Looking Back and Looking Forward
As I’ve been studying Titus 2 the past few weeks, I can’t get away from this quote from John Piper. Love it, love it, love it… The incentive and power to live a Christian life pleasing to God comes from two directions as it were: it comes from looking back with gratitude to the grace [...]
Feb 6th, 2012
Is it weird that I started footnoting my sermons?
I recently changed the way I’m writing sermons. For one, I’ve started writing a manuscript. After preaching with little more than an outline for over a decade, it’s been an interesting shift… but that’s the subject of another post. The shift I’m talking about here goes even further than that. Right now, I’m a student [...]
Feb 3rd, 2012
Is blogging every 164 days acceptable?
Bless me, readers, for I have sinned. It has been 164 days since my last blog entry. I used to blog all the time. Really, it’s true. Back in 2004, I was a regular blogger – I’d post 4 or 5 times a week. Over the years, it’s slowed. And stopped. And started. And stopped [...]
Aug 24th, 2011
Give Us More!
During my times with the Lord in the mornings, I’m slowly reading through When God Comes to Church, a classic work on Revival by Dr. Ray Ortlund. It has been wonderful – I consistently walk away with my soul refreshed and hungry for God to renew me and my church by His grace. This morning, [...]
Aug 19th, 2011
Learning Prayer From the Puritans
I never cease to be amazed at how helpful The Valley of Vision is during my times with God. This morning, I prayed this prayer, entitled “A Minister’s Confession” and it broke me open in conviction and praise. If you don’t have a copy , I highly encourage you to pick one up. Once you [...]
May 17th, 2011
Breaking the Sound Barrier
This is an update on what’s been going on since my post called Out There Preaching back in late February. Breaking the sound barrier - opening up my mouth and telling people about the good news of Jesus. More traditionally called evangelism. This is an area I’ve struggled with for a long time. I’m naturally [...]
Apr 21st, 2011
What I’m Longing For
From my journal this morning, praying for the kind of transformation I want God to bring in my life: I long for the day when every spare moment I have is seen as an opportunity to read more of God’s Word. I long for the day when my greatest longing at any given moment is [...]
Mar 21st, 2011
“…whose glory it is always to have mercy…”
Collect for the Second Week of Lent: O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with [...]
Mar 10th, 2011
Seeing the Miracle Without Falling Asleep
From Rabbi Lawrence Kushner: Look more closely at the process of combustion. How long would you have to watch wood burn before you could know whether or not it actually was being consumed? Even dry kindling wood is not burned up for several minutes. This then would mean that Moses would have had to closely [...]
Mar 9th, 2011
Spurgeon for Ash Wednesday
Today, the church across the world observes Ash Wednesday, the first day in the season of Lent. Tonight, Kaleo will gather together to pray, hear the Scriptures read, remember our sin, and rejoice in the forgiveness we have in Christ by celebrating Communion together. Last year, I came across this quote from my favorite preacher [...]
Copyright © 2013 BillStreger.com.