Recovering Lost Disciplines

Here's an excerpt from Recovering Lost Disciplines, Burk Parsons' contribution to the January issue of Tabletalk.

As I write, I am looking out over the vast and cold Atlantic Ocean as I come to the end of a short family getaway at the beach. I have shut off my mobile phone. I have closed all unnecessary programs on my computer. I have turned off the music I had been listening to while I read a few articles online, and, as is my habit before sitting down to write, I prayed and asked the Lord to grant me discernment as I strive to write for his glory and for the edification of his people.

The missionary and martyr Jim Elliott (1927–1956) wrote, "The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds…Satan is quite aware of the power of silence." It is difficult to escape the busyness, noise, and crowds of life. We are bombarded by a host of amusements and contraptions, most of which we have enthusiastically welcomed into our lives, homes, communities, and churches. We have conditioned ourselves to distraction, and we are leading the next generation down the same path in a hurry

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