Thomas Brooks, Part 6 Finally, finally, we’re wrapping up our series on Thomas Brooks’ book Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices. If you’re relieved, I think Satan might be even more so, as …
An Incompatible Marriage that Glorifies God
We often hear compatibility described as the be-all and end-all of a happy, successful marriage. Admittedly, if God said to me, “Gary, I’m going to give you the easiest marriage and the easiest life …
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Love in the Time of Politics
Jim and Emily care about politics, but they care even more about their family and their local church. The heat of the last presidential campaign felt threatening to them. They asked me, “How do we …
Satan’s Devices to Draw the Soul to Sin
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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Who Shouldn’t Read My Books: When Writings on Marriage and Spiritual Formation Collide
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 …
Lifelong Love
My newly updated and re-released book, A Lifelong Love: Discovering How Intimacy with God Breathes Passion Into Your Marriage looks at marriage as a three-legged stool: spiritual intimacy, relational …