Serious About Scripture

Mentoring and motivating Christ’s people to live his words

Delivered by Desire (by Daryl Wingerd)

Delivered by Desire by Daryl Wingerd is one of the most effective of our books. Discussion questions are included for mentoring or small groups. Look, maintaining purity is a real problem and Christians have ammo to fight it. Wingerd has written a powerful book which some have called the best book on sanctification they have ever read. This book is no cost to you. Order for yourself if you will read it (we’re not doing this for free for it…

15 Resolves for Maintaining Spiritual Balance in Severe Interpersonal Conflicts

The pain of interpersonal conflict may seem too acute to bear. Sometimes we see these conflicts erupt suddenly among families, or between church members, or at work or school. They may involve serious allegations that tend to rip people apart in ways that seem irreparable. In these most severe ruptures of confidence, when the necrosis of sin is eating up the lives of those involved, is it possible to rise above and maintain a spiritual composure? Certainly that must be…

The Ten Plagues

The Ten Plagues One, water to bloodTwo, toads in mudThree, thriving gnatsFour, flies that splatFive, flocks that dropSix, sores that popSeven, storms and stormingEight, eaters swarmingNine, nighttime bumblingTen, tykes are tumbling Copyright Jim Elliff 2010

Prioritizing Bible Reading and Prayer: Learning from Four Very Busy Men

The son and daughter-in-law of missionary J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) were privileged to spend much time with Taylor in China. They not only saw Taylor’s ministry in public, but the kind of man he was in private. Well do the writers remember traveling with him month after month in northern China, by cart and wheelbarrow, with the poorest of inns at night. Often with only one large room for coolies and travelers alike, they would screen off a corner for…