Rest

  • Promised Rest – Joshua 13-22

    ByJonathan Homesley

    GRAB THEIR ATTENTION

    I was sitting in a beach chair, looking out into the Gulf Coast, trying my best not to think about anything. We were a few weeks into our sabbatical, away from ministry, away from home and just trying to rest. A barge, carrying a large LCD billboard passed by advertising that perhaps, we beach bums could use a certain adult beverage to help us relax. 30 minutes later, the same barge, which
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  • Our Own Tools

    ByJonathan Homesley

    My dad loves working on engines. And, by extension, he loves his tools. I never once saw my dad put a tool away without wiping it off and storing it in its proper place.

    In Lectures to My Students, C.H. Spurgeon wrote of ministers:

    We are, in a certain sense, our own tools, and therefore must keep ourselves in order.

    Ministers can only preach with their own voice. They can only reason with their own …