Between the Trees

“Alas! that Christians should stand at the door of eternity having more work upon their hands than their time is sufficient for, and yet be filling their heads and hearts with trifles.”
-John Flavel
This is a good word which I find deeply convicting. I’ve realized that its all too easy for me, in the midst of [...]

Recently I’ve heard or read a number of different men I love and respect use the phrase, “Preaching the gospel to yourself.” The idea is that the gospel is not only for those not following Jesus but also for those who are. We are in need of genuine, daily repentance and God-given grace just as [...]

“Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? ” (James 2:5)
“But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in [...]

“What an endless variety of denominations, taken from some men of character, or from some little peculiarities, has prevailed in the Christian world, and crumbled it to pieces, while the Christian name is hardly regarded?… What party-names have been adopted by the Protestant churches, whose religion is substantially the same common Christianity, and who agree [...]

“There is one grace you cannot counterfeit… the grace of perseverance.”
-Gardiner Spring
I just began reading Iain Murray’s Revival and Revivalism, which I’ve been meaning to pick up for years. This quote at the beginning already struck me. It seems like in the modern church we tend to take a very short view of ministry. We [...]