Tag: Christian Commitment

• Revised Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards

  As a young man – a teenager, really – Jonathan Edwards set down on paper a series of thoughts and practices to help cultivate growth in grace.  (See 2 Peter 3.18)  Edwards then re-read this list at least once a week to keep his mind focused and renewed.  The result: A man of humble godliness,…

  Dennis Griffith

  January 1, 2012

  Christian Life, Reformed Spirituality, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation

  Christian Commitment, Christian Growth, Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Edwards’ Resolutions, New Years Resolutions, Resolutions, Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards, Spiritual Disciplines

• A New Year’s Prayer

  Here is a New Year’s prayer from Jim Eliot I don’t think I could ever express any better: I pray that the Lord might crown this year with His goodness and in the coming one give you a hallowed dare-devil spirit in lifting the biting sword of Truth, consuming you with a passion that is…

  Dennis Griffith

  December 31, 2011

  Graffiti, New Year

  Christian Commitment, Graffiti, Jim Eliot, Living in Grace, New Years Prayer, Quotes

• A Christmas Reflection

  Consider Mary’s response to the angel. The angel has come to Mary and says: “Mary, you are going to give birth to the long-promised  Messiah.” This was a unique promise, and unrepeatable. There is something totally unique here: the birth of the eternal second Person of the Trinity into this world. What was her response? But what she…

  Dennis Griffith

  December 7, 2007

  Christmas

  Annunciation, Birth of Christ, Christian Commitment, Christian Devotion, Christmas, Devotion, faith, Francis Schaeffer, Loving God, Mary, Relationship with God, REsponding to God, Responding to God’s Grace, Responding to God’s Revelation, Spirit of Christmas, Virgin Mary