Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
The Three Ages Of Man
The three ages of man: Youth. Middle-Age. "You're looking good."
The Fear Of The Lord
Great are the works of the Lord; they are studied by all who delight in them. Splendid and majestic is His work, and His righteousness endures forever. He has caused His wonders to be remembered. The Lord is gracious and compassionate. He has given food to those who...
Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
"I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing." Paul, Galatians 2:21 CSB If you could earn it, why did He die? Righteousness comes either through the law (human performance) or by God’s grace through...
God And Caesar
And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Matthew 22:21 NKJV Life is much simpler when we keep first things first: God's authority above all, and man's authority wherever it does not require...
Advancing Confidently in Christ
Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 ESV American poet and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) once observed, “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...
The Moral Law
God requires obedience to His revealed will, as codified in the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments. This divine standard governs our relationship with God and our relationship with others: Our Duty to God: You must not have any other god but Me. You must not make for...
Sola Gratia (Grace Alone)
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV, Romans 11:6...
Obedience
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB When you take God seriously, He will bless you for it. So no matter what He instructs you to do...
Thy Kingdom Come
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 For decades theological liberals and revisionist theologians have sought to speak of God’s kingdom as something we can engineer through human efforts and good works. In this conception of the kingdom,...
A Good And Faithful Steward
Be very careful, then, how you live; not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV The wise person lives carefully today because...
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Now all glory to God who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to do exceedingly abundantly more than we would ever dare to ask, hope or dream for. Ephesians 3:20 Adapted Prayer: Almighty and everlasting God, You are always more ready to hear than we...
If At First
For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes each one He accepts as His child. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening. It’s painful. But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. Hebrews...
A Confession of Sin
Almighty merciful God, we acknowledge for ourselves and confess before You that which is the truth. Our consciences accuse us and our sins testify against us. If You decided to consider our merits and worthiness, we would not be fit to lift our eyes to heaven and...
Shabbat Shalom
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And God looked over all He had made, and He saw that it was very good! So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. On the seventh day God had finished His work of creation,...
Swamped?
But soon a furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat. The disciples shouted for Him to wake up and save them. When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves,...
A Prayer At The Beginning Of The Day
Our Father in heaven,hallowed be Your name;Your kingdom come;Your will be done,on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread,and forgive us our debts,as we also have forgive our debtors.And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.For Thine...
Repent
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NKJV A Prayer of Repentance: Gracious Lord, we have great reason to humble ourselves before You because of the icy indifference of our...
Certainty
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8 NKJV The only thing for sure is that nothing is for sure. Except the Word of God.
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