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Ray Ortlund on Men With A Whole Heart

January 27, 2016 by Phil Auxier

Love this post from Ray Ortlund in so many ways.  Here you go:

There is only one way to play football — 110% effort every play, all the way to the end of the fourth quarter.  You lay it all down on that field.  Then you crawl off the field after the final gun with nothing left to give.  Football must be played with wholehearted abandon.  It’s the nature of the game.  It prepares us for life.
If I could change the Bible, all I would do is add “play high school football” to the qualifications for elders.  Men who have experienced such intense effort, hurling themselves into every play, especially as a team sport — such men understand what ministry demands and how good it feels to give their all for a cause greater than self.
Of course, there are other ways God provides for men to punch through to the experience of total abandon.  Football is not the only way.  But every man needs some kind of experience like this, to become the warrior God wants him to be.
There is only one way to serve Christ — all-out passion.  Passive men don’t understand, men who are afraid they might get knocked down or hurt.  Christianity must be lived with wholehearted abandon.  It’s the nature of the faith.  It prepares us for eternity.
Men with a whole heart — joy awaits them!
“Blessed are those who seek Him with their whole heart.”  Psalm 119:2

Filed Under: football, Manhood, Passion

Holy Week Help

April 14, 2014 by Phil Auxier

Here’s a quick round up of 2 resources I’m utilizing this week…

1) John Piper’s Devotional Love To The Uttermost.  Here’s their description:

Love to the Uttermost: Devotional Readings for Holy Week is designed for Lent 2014. The readings begin on Palm Sunday, end on Easter Sunday, and aim to focus our attention on Jesus he displays his love to the uttermost (John 13:1). These meditations on the self-giving love of Christ are all excerpted from the preaching and writing ministry of John Piper.


This resource is available as a Mobi (Kindle), EPub (iDevice), or PDF.  Enjoy.

2) In conjunction with Justin Taylor’s book, Final Days of Jesus (my review here), there are videos being posted every day related to each day of Jesus’ final week.  Here’s the Palm Sunday and Monday versions for you to enjoy:




My hope is that these resources bless you and your worship of the Risen Christ this holy week.  

Filed Under: Holy Week, Passion, Risen Christ

Book Review – Final Days of Jesus

March 28, 2014 by Phil Auxier

I had the privilege to read and offer this short review of Crossway’s The Final Days of Jesus earlier this month.  This is a fascinating work and one, quite honestly, that you’ll want to have in your library.  It’s written by Andreas Kostenberger and Justin Taylor (here’s a link to Justin’s blog on this book, which gives you a feel for its visual layout).

The table of contents is simple: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.  One week.  This book is about one week, but it’s not just any normal week.  It’s the one week in which the lives of so many people have been changed.  It’s the final week of Jesus Christ.

This book takes this final week, imports all the Biblical texts describing this week, harmonizes them, and gives the reader commentary on what’s happening and why it’s so important.  I read this book when lent began a few weeks ago and remember thinking that it would be an amazing book to work through on the Palm Sunday through Easter week.  Even if that doesn’t work, though, this book would prove profitable in helping readers know what happened in this final week of Jesus Christ.

I know this statement will get my nerd card stamped for another year, but this book is cool for its graphics and charts.  I grew up reading the encyclopedia and love those little stat corners of the USA Today.  There are parts of this book where huge amounts of data are cohesively presented as a picture or chart.  Having these are almost worth the price of the book.

So, I’m happy to recommend this book to you.  Read it and allow what the Bible says about the greatest person who ever lived come into clear focus.  Your life won’t be the same by looking at the Final Days of Jesus.

Filed Under: Book Review, Lent, Passion

Passion 2011

January 3, 2011 by Phil Auxier

If you haven’t logged in and checked out the Passion 2011 conference live, you must. Here’s the link:

Passion 2011 Live

You listen to talks by Louie Giglio, Francis Chan, Andy Stanley, Beth Moore and others. Enjoy.

Filed Under: Free Audio, Passion

Luxuriate

May 4, 2009 by Mere Agency Support

Luxuriate…”to enjoy luxury”

Are you luxuriating in Jesus Christ?

Filed Under: Gospel, Passion, Words

From One Degree To Another?

Yeah, that's right. My one, consuming passion is Jesus Christ, my Lord. I'm totally gripped by one message: the Gospel - the good news that God came after me when I was far from Him. So, the life I live, I live by faith in Him: He loved me and gave Himself for me.

From One Degree To Another is the change that He's accomplishing in me by grace. Growing downward in humility, upward into Him, outward toward others, and inward with renewal characterize my existence.

This site is where I flesh all of these types of things out, including my life as a slave to Jesus, husband, father, coffee-enjoyer, and pastor. I hope it encourages you.

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