A couple of weeks ago, I preached a message entitled “Working Together with God.” I have long enjoyed meditating on 2 Corinthians 5, but unfortunately, my reading typically ended with 2 Cor. 5:21. It is the next verse that has arrested my thinking of late, and as you probably know, there were no chapter divisions [...]
Archive for January 2011
Working Together with God
January 31, 2011P2R :: Philippians 1:27-30 (Week 5)
January 31, 20112011 Philippians Memory Moleskine Week 5 :: Philippians 1:27-30 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for [...]
3 year old in P2R quoting Philippians!
January 24, 2011Walter Price shared this with me earlier today and was greatly encouraged by this three-year-old. The older of my two sons just turned three, so this is personally inspiring. Yes, memorizing Scripture is challenging, but how cool is it that a three-year-old is partnering to remember with us?! Enjoy. Get the latest on P2R! –> Blog [...]
P2R :: Philippians 1:19-26 (Week 4)
January 24, 20112011 Philippians Memory Moleskine Week 4 :: Philippians 1:19-26 19 for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage [...]
The Christian Post Covers P2R
January 20, 2011A long time ago I set up a Google Alert for my name because, you know, I had to know who was drinking the hatorade. But those days have passed for the most part, and my Google Alert has been quite uneventful to say the least (and that could be taken as a very good [...]
P2R :: Philippians 1:12-18 (Week 3)
January 16, 20112011 Philippians Memory Moleskine Week 3 :: Philippians 1:12-18 12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 And most [...]
We cannot ask too much!
January 15, 2011Octavius Winslow nailed me hard October 12 in his Morning Thoughts. He does this often, but given that this was the day I was coming back from Haiti, it came with particular force. God has opened many doors and done many amazing things over the past six months. It is as if he is giving [...]
Philippians 1 Wordled
January 14, 2011Get the latest on P2R! –> Blog | Facebook | Twitter
Trip Lee on Philippians
January 11, 2011So some of you may not have hip hop as your favorite genre of music, but if you love Philippians (and are trying to memorize it), this ought to fire you up a little. Check it out – Trip Lee chopping it up on Philippians! Get the latest on P2R! –> Blog | Facebook | Twitter
P2R :: Philippians 1:7-11 (Week 2)
January 10, 20112011 Philippians Memory Moleskine Week 2 :: Philippians 1:7-11 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is [...]
If My Words Abide in You . . .
January 7, 2011John Piper recites numerous passages from Scripture in his sermon “If My Words Abide in You.” Below is a video of that sermon. While watching this sermon, I could not help but think, “If I had to quote all the verses of the Bible that I had memorized, how much time would that take?” That’s [...]
John Piper Sermon Jam on Scripture Memory
January 6, 2011I’m a big fan of sermon jams. I’m a bigger fan of Scripture memory. Check it! Get the latest on P2R! –> Blog | Facebook | Twitter
John Piper: Why Memorize Scripture?
January 5, 2011Powerful words by John Piper on the importance and practical implications for memorizing Scripture . . . Get the latest on P2R! –> Blog | Facebook | Twitter
How John Piper Memorizes Scripture
January 4, 2011John Piper is someone whom God has used to inspire this generation in a number of ways, one of which has been memorizing Scripture–long passages of Scripture. So how does he do it? In an audio interview, here is how John Piper answers that question: (transcript) First of all, by praying for discipline and setting [...]
P2R :: Philippians 1:1-6 (Week 1)
January 3, 20112011 Philippians Memory Moleskine Week 1 :: Philippians 1:1-6 1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 I thank my God in all [...]
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