The Theologian’s Character: More Wisdom From John Frame
I just completed John Frame’s The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God. The book is a wealth of theological and spiritual insight and I highly recommend it. It now resides on my desk, ready for its most valuable contents to be recorded onto my laptop. The following quote, I believe, places all theological labor in [...]
Spiritual Maturity and Doctrinal Debate
I am currently working my way through John Frame’s excellent book on theological method, The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God. It has been helpful in many ways. In particular is Frame’s section on “cognitive rest” and how genuine growth in our knowledge of God comes by way of spiritual maturity and growth in sanctification. [...]
A Tough Means of Grace: Profiting from the Rebukes of Others (2)
As we saw in the last post (Part 1), the path to wisdom is paved with the hard yet precious stones of reproof. Yet our ability to profitably accept rebuke and correction is not something we stir up by sheer will power, nor is it something that “just happens.” There are five vital steps we [...]
A Tough Means of Grace: Profiting from the Rebukes of Others (1)
Our ability to consistently receive correction, admonishment, and rebuke from others is a quality essential to our making enduring progress in our spiritual lives. There are no two ways around this truth: either we will readily receive correction and enjoy the fruits of godly wisdom, or we will entrench ourselves against reproof and gradually, but [...]
Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (5)
Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (2) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (3) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (4) Knowing the Signs of Growing Pride Another vital element in enabling one to stay the course of humble leadership is recognizing the symptoms [...]
Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (4)
Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (2) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (3) But how are Christian leaders to maintain this attitude of humility? How can Christian leaders avoid the destruction that inevitably follows pride and threatens to devastate their lives, their churches, and [...]
Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (3)
Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1) Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (2) The Necessity of Humility in Christian Leadership Thus, in light of Scripture’s teaching on the deadening effects of pride and Collins’ example of the wreckage caused by executive arrogance, it should be clear that Christian leaders must make the [...]
Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (2)
Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1) The Perils of Pride and the Fruit of Humility: A Contemporary Example When it comes to leadership, much of the world rejects the idea that humility is essential for the task—yet it appears they do so at their own peril. In his book, Good to Great: Why [...]
Staying the Course: Humility and Christian Leadership (1)
Rarely is humility exalted as a fundamental element of true leadership. Yet, despite what some popular leadership proponents may allege, an honest and discriminating look into contemporary business culture confirms what the Scripture proclaims: God is opposed to the proud, but he gives grace to the humble. Christian leaders, then, must make every effort to [...]
New Year’s Resolutions (III)
Nicole Whitacre at Girltalk has some good thoughts on the question, “Is it possible to make a resolution this year and truly keep it?” She answers “yes,” if the resolutions we make are humble resolutions.
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