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When Your Depressed Friend Twists God’s Word

December 19, 2016Mike Leake 2 Comments

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?— he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger, who shakes the earth out of its… Continue Reading →

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When The Darkness Doesn’t Break

August 21, 2015Mike Leake

William Cowper is one of those saints who doesn’t fit into a tidy box. His friend, John Newton, understood this but was still perplexed by the mans case. He didn’t understand how someone so filled with grace, and whose salvation… Continue Reading →

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Preaching the Gospel in Mental Darkness

August 14, 2015Mike Leake 1 Comment

Our gospel-centered movement has really latched onto the concept of preaching to yourself. This from Lloyd-Jones has inspired many, and rightly so: The main art in the matter of spiritual living is to know how to handle yourself. You have… Continue Reading →

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Newton’s Song to Cowper

August 7, 2015Mike Leake 1 Comment

One of the pieces I’d like you to read this month in our Year with Newton is on the Mystery of “God Moves in Mysterious Ways”. In my research for this I read through John Piper’s biography of William Cowper… Continue Reading →

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