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On this blog, I primarily focus on the gathering of the church… that is, times when believers gather together with one another. These times are extremely important to the life and maturity of the children of God. We need one another, and we need to spend time with one another – or, as I like to say it, share our lives with one another. I believe this is part of the mission of God – seeing his chi...

My son, his girlfriend, and I were running on the roads in our neighborhood. There is one point where a new cul-de-sac comes very close to a middle school near our home. We stepped off the road and ran down a path through the woods to the parking lot of the school. We ran around the parking lot, then headed back to the path to our neighborhood. But, it had gotten darker, and I missed the path. We ended up running ...

Mindlessly doing things because all our friends do them is pretty much 90 percent of what society does. Sad, but true. It started in elementary school, raged in high school and unfortunately followed us right into adulthood. This interesting article I read talks about how our eating habits are formed by those we eat with most often. The article was pointing to a principle I’ve found true most of my life. My physical habits, spiritual met...

Recently, I was speaking with a friend who is a missionary to the Dominican Republic. At some point during our conversation I asked him about any particularly discouraging aspects of his ministry. His answer surprised me. He confessed that the most discouraging aspect of ministry in his region is the other missionaries. He went on to describe in detail how so many western churches send people to the island for mission work but in reality they ar...

My friend Eric at “A Pilgrim’s Progress” is in an interesting situation. He’s written about it before, but he explains more in his post “No Time for Organic Church.” You see, Eric quit his job as a full-time, vocational pastor for a local church organization several months ago. He prayed for employment for a long time (at least, a long time being unemployed), and God provided a ...

Because chainsaws are heavy… And in case you’ve missed any of the others… Why We Had Kids (Part 1) Why We Had Kids (Part 2) Why We Had Kids (Part 3) Why We Had Kids (Part 4) Why We Had Kids (Part 5) Why We Had Kids (Part 6) Why We Had Kids (Part 7) Why We Had Kids (Part Why We Had Kids (Part 9) Why We Had Kids (Part 10) Why We Had Kids (Par 11) Why We Had Kids (Part 12) ...

I’ve invited several people to write “guest blog posts” for this blog. There are several reasons for this: 1) To offer different perspectives. 2) To generate even more discussion and conversation between blogs. 3) To introduce other bloggers to my readers. (If you are interested in writing a guest blog post, please contact me at aknox[at]sebts[dot]com.) Today’s post was written by Robert. You can follo...

I have been reading through Thomas Watson’s The Body of Divinity and have been so encouraged. I do hope these words of truth likewise impact you: The enjoyment of God’s sweet presence here is the most contented life: he is a hive of sweetness, a magazine of riches, a fountain of delight, Psalm 36:8,9. The higher the lark flies the sweeter it sings; and the higher we fly by the wings of faith, the more we enjoy of God. How is the he...

Is Matt Chandler’s sermon in need of censorship? Let’s talk about it today on Deeper Waters. Recently, Steven Furtick of Elevation Church, had an event known as Code Orange Revival where he had a dozen preachers from other churches come and speak to the congregation. One name that was quite different from the others in the list was Matt Chandler. And oddly enough, when his sermon was to be rebroadcast, it wasn’t. A statement iss...

This is the 193rd passage in “Scripture… As We Live It.” Let the elders who rule well who work full time for the church be considered worthy of double honor a good salary, especially those who labor in your teaching elder or senior pastor who is responsible for preaching and teaching. For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The labore...