A review of If You Want To Walk On Water, You've Got To Get Out Of The Boat by John Ortberg. [Click title to read more.]
Author: samaritansong
Christian, Scholar, Servant. Striving for a life of deep joy and steady prayer. I run the Samaritan's Song blog - www.thesamaritansong.com - and am currently writing a book.
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Losing The Sense of Entitlement
I wonder more and more if a sense of entitlement isn't the curse of the modern Christian. I've been convicted about it lately, this concept that I have: that there are certain things in life that I deserve and should have, and that not having them represents a violation of some sort of pact God never actually even made with me. [Click title to read more.]
What You Can’t Imagine
There are endless, endless beauties, even in this sad and fallen world. [Click title to read more.]
The Love That Is Changeless
Yes, we are eternally loved, but somehow that's never enough. [Click title to read more.]
Love Is Going To Feel Awkward
Loving or serving in the way God prefers is awkward and clumsy and strange and the only reason we can do it is because He does it from within us. [Click title to read more.]
Believers Have No Reason To Engage In Casual Cruelty. None.
That's the culture we're in: one where it's perfectly acceptable to be cruel, as long as you're funny and "no one gets hurt." Believers aren't exempt. [Click title to read more.]
God Did Speak. You Just Weren’t Listening.
Those of us who clamor for "a word from God" often mean that we want God to say something to us that He has not already said. [Click title to read more.]
Loving Service Should Not Be A Transaction
I think that, as believers, we're often raised up with the concept of results-oriented evangelism and the sense that our love and service is an investment for which we will eventually see a tangible return. [Click title to read more.]
Holy Conviction Isn’t As Terrifying As It Sounds
I used to believe that the conviction of the Holy Spirit operated like the buzzer on that old Operation game. But I was wrong. [Click title to read more.]
Where You Meet God Is Unique To You
If you are a believer, where you are, God is also. And where your great love and your great work is in His name, God rejoices. It is in those ordinary spaces that you stand the strongest chance of brushing up against glory. [Click title to read more.]
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