In his classic, "Preaching and Preachers," Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes, "The New Testament preachers, the Apostles, did not have to go round the houses and urge people to come to the services. The difficulty confronting the Apostles was to send them home!"
Paul said the reason he wrote the first letter to Timothy was "that you may know how to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the ground of the truth." (1 Tim. 3:15) This says to me, even at first glance, that Timothy was … Continue reading The Pillar and the Ground of the Truth
Eighteen men gathered in a St. Louis hotel for three days this week with no real agenda except to get to know each other and to hear what God is doing in each man and his ministry to the family. We came from 14 states and have more than 110 children and numerous grandchildren. The … Continue reading Eighteen men, three days, one goal
I was praying for someone this morning, that the Lord would bless him and his marriage, and that he would not be afraid to lead his wife. The thought that came into my mind as I was praying was "If you love Me, lead." That's a wonderful motivation for leading our families, men: because we … Continue reading If you love Me, lead…
February 21, 2011 Let’s say you are looking at the checkbook and there is more month left than money. Been there? You have two weeks to go until your next paycheck, no money, and three bills that have to be paid. What do you do? If you are like most, you start to panic. You … Continue reading Looking for a less busy heart
February 15, 2011 I have taken five of my seven children with me to Africa. I took one to Ghana, and the other four went to Kenya in various years beginning in 2002. Judah and Susanna are next. When they go with me to Africa, however, it will not be their first experience on the … Continue reading It is better than Disney World
J. Mark Fox 