About
About the Blog
This is the theological blog of Mike Bradley. The core of this blog (for now) is an argument that there is something not quite right in the typical modern American church. The posts contained here primarily try to explore, define, and suggest how we might fix this.
Where to start
Where to start is the purpose of this about page. Yet it is a work in progress. For now, I think for the best place is in some of the following posts. May they help you in your search for God, that is why they were written.
- Knowing God
- Church Revival, Then and Now
- Suffer for God Not for Vanity
- What Can We Expect From God?
- Take Not Thy Holy Spirit from Me
- Combating a New Arminianism
- Self-Discipline
About Us
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Our Ministry
“We may have more wealth in these days, better education, greater comfort in traveling and in our surroundings even as missionaries, but have we the spirit of urgency, the deep, inward convictions that moved those who went before us; have we the same passion of love, personal love for the Lord Jesus Christ? If these are lacking, it is a loss for which nothing can compensate.” ~ Hudson Taylor
Our ministry is to serve the Church of Jesus Christ in whatever way and manner he may dictate to us. For now, we believe Christ has directed us to lead the life of faith-based missionaries in the tradition of George Müller. Meaning that we fully expect God to provide our daily provisions as we do his work. Furthermore, he will provide for us more richly than we would have provided for ourselves if we did not trust in him. We know this to be true based on the promises of scripture, which say, “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you,” and “those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.”
On Puritans
No group of people has influenced the way I see God and the way I live life more than the puritans have. And of them, my greatest influence is John Owen. I know of no short book for bringing older Christians out of stagnation or bondage better than John Owen’s Mortification of Sin.
Somehow, through the centuries, the puritans have developed the reputation for being puritanical. In all of my readings of the puritans, I have found the opposite is more typically true. In the modern church, the men who are fighting the the hardest against moralism and legalism—biblically—are the ones who have been the most influenced by the puritans. Oddly enough, the puritans seem to be one of the best antidotes for cold religion.
Books I’ve Been Reading
- Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards
- A Retrospect by James Hudson Taylor
- The Practice Of The Presence Of God by Brother Lawrence
- Life and Diary of David Brainerd by Jonathan Edwards from his works
- Muller, George. A Narrative of Some of the Lord’s Dealings with by himself’
Name and Logo Rational
The logo depicts the globe encompassed by, or in subjection to, the Trinity. This represents the Kingdom of God as it will one day look: namely, all that is in subjection to the Godhead.
Daniel 2 illustrates this kingdom as a shattering stone which crushes the kingdoms of this world and grows to fill the whole earth. The Gospel accounts tell us that Christ is this shattering stone and that His first advent brought with it the inauguration of this kingdom, which is currently growing to encompass all aspects of life. This will be perfectly accomplished in Christ’s return, but until that day, it is the Church’s responsibility to bring this reality about more fully each day.
