The biblical writers frequently draw parallels between physical and spiritual life, and in many cases the parallels are close. The physical maturity of a child can be measured with the aid of a tape measure and scales; the child’s intellectual development can be gauged by examinations and tests. Likewise our own growth in maturity can be measured. J. Oswald Sanders shows us how Maturity Can Be Measured.
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Andy Bannister challenges the prevailing naturalistic worldview around us that insists that people are merely animals. The wide gap between our Biblical perspective – that people are unique, eternally valuable, and created in the image of God – and the dehumanizing trends in our world today are shown to be as dramatic as can be. Show Notes: Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God by John F. Kilner Eerdmans: https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/6764/dignity-and-destiny.aspx Christian Book Distributers: https://www.christianbook.com/dignity-destiny-humanity-the-image-god/john-kilner/9780802867643/pd/867643?product_redirect=1&Ntt=Dignity%20and%20Destiny:%20Humanity%20in%20the%20Image%20of%20God%20(Eerdmans,%202015)&item_code=&ps_exit=RETURN|legacy&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCG Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dignity-Destiny-Humanity-Image-God/dp/0802867642 ...
Tom Schwanda helps us explore the Biblical foundations for spiritual growth. This is the first of a three part series that reflects deeply on why we need intimacy with Christ, how scripture sets the platform for it, and then offers suggestions for pursuing that noble goal. To read the full article for this podcast, please click here. Recommended Reading: God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God’s Love as the Gift of Himself by John Piper (Crossway, 2005) Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/god-is-the-gospel-tpb-1/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/God-Gospel-Meditations-Gods-Himself/dp/1433520494 ...
Ruth Lovejoy, a Fellow in our C. S. Lewis Institute Fellows program, shares how seeing the gospel and the goodness of God more worshipfully can set us free from our love for and idolatry of efficiency. With one eye on the scripture’s story about Mary and Martha and another eye on her to-do list, Ruth helps liberate us from the tyranny of the urgent. Recommended Reading: Gordon MacDonald, Ordering Your Private World (Thomas Nelson, Revised, Updated edition, 2017). Order on ChristianBook.com | Amazon Learn more about the Fellows Program. ...
