Whenever I stumble onto a blog that I like, I add it to my “Favorites” and also take a few minutes to check out the blogs that THEY like. If I find something that holds my attention, I add IT to my Favorites too … and then I just check in on them periodically. Then, every few (weeks? months?) I glance at my growing list and ask, “Now who am I REALLY reading on a regular basis?” If the answer is, “Not THAT blog,” delete-o-rama. (RARE is the blog that I read every day.) I assume that you all do that too … And to all of you who haven’t…

I’ve been enjoying Bryan Chapell’s Holiness by Grace–Delighting in the Joy that is Our Strength and I thought that a little excerpt might encourage you to: “Christians gain spiritual power from the certainty of God’s support. Self-preserving, human efforts may result from fear of a God who will get you if you get out of line, but such works mistake outer conformity to God’s standards with holiness from the heart. “Spiritual worship” (Romans 12:1)–the selfless actions and inner desire to honor God–cannot result from threats. Proper fear of God in his people is not a concern for his wrath but a reverence for his holiness. We must reverentially fear his…