A Bicycler’s Guide for Discipleship: Good Equipment

A Bicycler’s Guide to Discipleship: Good Equipment

…so that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Hard pressed but not crushed

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

Diet, Exercise, Evaluation

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly…

1 Corinthians 3:2–3

This is very basic social science, but you can measure the physical health of a nation…

Constrained by Christ’s Love

For Christ’s love constrains us…

2 Corinthians 5:14

The Christian faith must always return, from wherever it wanders off to, to the love of God in Christ — and we wander off in many directions, whether doctrinal issues, social…

The Unhindered Witness

We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities…

The Caring Christ

That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”

The Resurrected Christ

On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet…

Revelation 1:10

Though language was given us by God, human language cannot find the words to adequately describe Him. We would do better to measure…

Controlling Our Tongues

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back… Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 29:11, 20

Personal Light

God…has made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

2 Cor. 4:6

If I were to choose a verse to camp out on, one that would explain the miracle of God’s work in us, this verse would…

Integrity in Awkward Moments

All this we want to meet with sincerity, with insight and patience; by sheer kindness and the Holy Spirit; with genuine love, speaking the plain truth, and living by the power of God. Our sole defence, our only weapon, is a life of integrity, whether we meet honour or dishonour…

Freed from Shame

…We do not lose heart. Rather, have renounced secret and shameful ways…

2 Cor. 4:1–2

The impure things of the heart must be released in order for us to grasp the greater things of God. We cannot hold onto the pure until we have submitted ourselves…

The Blessed Hope

Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.

Revelation 1:7

A Renewed Sense of Urgency

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw — that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who…

To him who has loved us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father — to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

Revelation 1:5b-6

What a wonderful Savior we have! He not only forgives but cleanses and frees us from sin and…

Loving Christ for His Sake

Peter, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these?

John 21:15

Jesus directed the right question at Peter, and He does the same to us. Is our love for Christ at the center of who we are, what we value, and how we act? If it is…

The Unholy Made Holy

I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation 1:9

The Higher Rock

From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.

Psalm 61:2–3

Renewed day by day

Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day … what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:16–18

We think too highly — far too highly — of material wealth and of the physical…

A Bicycler’s Guide to Discipleship: Discipline

Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness.

1 Timothy 4:7

Bicycling is a time-honored mode of transportation in Western Europe — not so much in America, but you still find spots even there…

Grace and Peace for Us

Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

Surprising Grace

Sing … because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.

Isaiah 54:1

Grace is always surprising. If it were not it would not be grace. It shows up when and where we least expect and does what only God can do. The…

A New Song

How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?

Psalm 137:4

There is a clear ache in the words of the psalmist. In fact, the first Hebrew word of the verse sounds like the English word “ache,” and the writhing emotional pain of the human…