During my morning devotion, I reflected on something that George MacDonald said in Creation in Christ. ?But I do not know how to awake and arise!? I will tell you. ?Get up, and do something the Master tells you; so make yourself his disciple at once. ?Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, […]
The “Hallowed Be” of Life and Leadership
Hallowed be Thy name in Industry: God be in my hands and in my making. Holy, Holy, Holy; Lord God of Hosts; Heaven and earth are full of Thy Glory. The above is one from a set of prayer panels preserved from the 14th century cathedral ruins of St. Michael in Coventry, England. Each prayer […]
Functional Atheism
What We Think About God A. W. Tozer once said that what comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. And sometimes, what comes into our minds when we think about God isn?t very godly. Or, to say it another way, our thoughts about God often don?t […]
Are You Making Space to Listen?
One common Google search that brings a new visitor to my personal blog will include some version of ?listening to God? or ?hearing God.? People are hungry for interaction with God and not just knowledge about Him. The most common Google search to find my blog, if you?re curious, is one including the word ?burn-out.? […]
When Religion Goes Bad
?If the Divine call does not make us better, it will make us very much worse. Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God. There seems no way out of this. It gives a new application […]
Knowledge as Idol
Over last weekend, I wrote a post on my personal blog titled ?Knowledge as Idol.? I want to say a little more about that here on the Institute blog. (You may want to read that post here first). Here?s a rather simple and alarming line from Elton Trueblood about knowledge: ?Sin, from the first, instead […]
Knowing Jesus
One morning I spent some time meditating on the following words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount? ?On that day many will say to me, ?Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?? Then I will […]
