Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas | Closer to Christ, Closer to Others
If you’re a regular reader of this blog or my books, you know that one of the fundamental truths for me that keeps pouring motivation into my marriage is viewing God as my heavenly Father-in-law. I …
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Thomas Brooks, Part 1 The next five weeks (or so—we’ll see as we go along) we’ll be looking at Thomas Brooks’ Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices. Thomas Brooks was an English non-conformist …
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Through 36 years of marriage, my wife and I have been members at more than our share of churches. Among my wife’s favorites was an unusual gathering: a conservative, charismatic Episcopalian …
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Throughout my career I have felt significant tension between writing about marriage and upholding the ideal of growing in Christ, which includes sacrifice. Sacred Marriage is really, in my view, a …
Ambrose begins Book III (you can read summaries of Book I HERE and Book II HERE) of his magnum opus Duties of the Clergy by extolling the importance of drawing wisdom and understanding from scriptural …
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt.” Jeremiah 31:3–4 NASB When German-speaking Mennonites …
