Pure Church

Ray Ortlund with a good brief meditation on the "large-hearted" and wrong-headed idea that we can be for the kingdom and not for our local churches. Read here.

From Ortlund: "We build great churches the same way we build great marriages -- real commitment that makes a positive difference every day."

What if Philippians were our only Bible?

"Let's preach to sinners the news so good that we ourselves must struggle against the joy of it."

Read here.

Ray Ortlund, Jr.

As you go into 2009, how are you praying? Got the nerve yet to ask God for what you really need and really long for and what would really display his glory in this God-denying world? Or are you settling for polite prayers that bore you and bore God and change nothing?

Read the brief but provocative post here.

While you're there, check Ray's reflection on four things he is thankful for and four things that give him concern in 2009. Here.