Author Archives: sdgale
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A Vine-Ripened Life
Posted on September 8, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.My new book, A Vine-Ripened Life: Spiritual Fruitfulness through Abiding in Christ (Reformation Heritage Books, 170 pages), is now available. It is a study of the fruit of the Spirit, distinguishing the biblical fruit from the world’s versions. The wrinkle is that it approaches cultivation of the fruit from the ground of abiding in Christ. […]
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Three Prayer Resources
Posted on September 3, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I posted a blog on Monday entitled, “Praying on Paper.” It commends the idea of writing out prayers, much as did the psalmists. It also gives an example of written prayer. One reader asked for a recommendation of written prayers, saying he needed a “jump start.” Before I give my response to him, let […]
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Praying on Paper
Posted on September 1, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.It’s something David and the other psalmists must have experienced. It’s one thing to pray prayers in the mind or with the mouth. It’s another to pray them on paper, finding just the right words and phrases that capture our heart’s communion with God. Anytime we commit something to writing it requires greater precision […]
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Beseeching God
Posted on August 18, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city […]
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On Our Radar
Posted on August 4, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.“Great Ceasar’s ghost!” That was one of my grandfather’s favorite expressions. Most of us have certain pet phrases and ways of saying things that others recognize in our discourse. One friend of mine in campus ministry frequently used an expression to describe responsibilities or intent. He would say, “It’s on my radar.” In other […]
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Prayer Log
Posted on July 21, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I was a bit dispirited. I had just met with a couple from my congregation who told me they were looking elsewhere for a church. One of their grievances was that I talked and preached too much about prayer. I thought about that. Was I harping on prayer? In our conversation the couple had […]
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Justification and Sanctification at the Table
Posted on July 7, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you […]
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When God Answers Prayer the Wrong Way
Posted on June 23, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.God’s answers to prayer don’t always follow our expectations. David, king of ancient Israel, was reaping the fruit of his sin. God had told him after his adultery with Bathsheba that, although his sins would be forgiven, his household would never be the same. Sure enough rape and murder and strife descended upon his […]
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Suspect Submission
Posted on June 16, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.The year was about 586 B. C. Jerusalem had been taken, the walls torn down, the temple destroyed, the people taken captive and deported. Because of Judah’s unfaithfulness to the covenant, Yahweh had given them into the hands of the Babylonians. Jeremiah, the prophet of Yahweh, had been allowed to stay in the land. […]
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The “Cause” of the Cross
Posted on June 9, 2014 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I read a devotional recently that spoke of a young boy taken by his mother to church. At the front of the church hung a cross on which was nailed a man. The boy asked his mother who that was. When told it was Jesus, the Son of God, the boy asked his mother […]
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