“Taking every thought captive to obey Christ.” — 2 Cor. 10:5 I have been thinking lately about what it really means to take every thought captive. Thomas Goodwin wrestled with this question in his book The Vanity of Thoughts, and his words have pressed deeply on me: “As for the inward thoughts, men use to […]
In Stephen Charnock’s book The Sinfulness and Cure of Thoughts, Stephen lists 15 ways to guard your thought life and encourage holy thoughts. Below is a brief summary of these 15 exhortations. Get accustomed to serious meditation every morning. Pick a morning theme of meditation to a chief companion with you throughout the day. […]
I read this poem this earlier this week in one of my favorite devotional books, Streams in the Desert, by L.B. Cowman. It’s from Sept. 25th. He was better to me than all my hopes; He was better than all my fears; He made a bridge of my broken works, And a rainbow of my […]
