Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
At Full Throttle
Life is like a mountain railway,With an engineer that’s brave;We must make the run successfulFrom the cradle to the grave;Watch the curves, the hills, the tunnels;Never falter, never fail:Keep your hand upon the throttle,And your eye upon the rail.Blessed Savior, Thou...
The Christian Walk
Righteousness will go before Him and shall make His footsteps our pathway. Psalm 85:13 NKJV The Bible often compares our Christian life to a walk. But it’s no easy stroll. It’s an arduous hike requiring perseverance. When we begin our walk with God, we’re like infants...
Advent /3: Humilitas (Note 1)
Love each other and, agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, work together with one heart and mind and purpose. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others too, and in what they are...
Ears To Hear
Unbelief always finds what it seeks. Eve found the serpent more trustworthy than God, not because of its credentials, but because the serpent said what Eve wanted to hear.
Forethought
Never forgotten. Never forsaken. Always forgiven. Forever. The Bible tells me so. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Luke 12:6 ESV I have been young and now I am old. And in all my years I have never seen the Lord...
Grace
Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 1 John 4:20 There will always be someone in your life who will irritate you, pushing...
Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment.
There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you. James 2:13 NLT We will be judged on whether or not we are doing what Jesus Christ would have us do. There will be no mercy for...
Repentance And Mercy
People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy. Proverbs 28:13 NLT We deceive people when we talk of mercy in the absence of justice and repentance. The Lord mercifully forgives sins, but only if we...
Sometimes
Sometimes in the moment you can't see what God is doing with a thing. Sometimes what you see in the moment, and the things that are happening in your life, have a particular hue to them. They have a meaning. But that meaning is not actually the meaning. It's the...
Advent /2: Wait For It
It is the second Sunday of Advent (Note). Our focus this Advent season is Christ's second coming. So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. Hebrews...
Cosmic Vending Machine
God is not a cosmic vending machine into which we insert our quarter and make our selection of what we think we need to make us happy. Don't pray God will give you what you want. Pray instead that He would make you into what He wants. Reorient your approach to God, He...
Zero-Sum Game?
Believe life is a zero-sum game? Christians know that it is not. We pray that you encounter the risen Christ and find out for yourself.
Come To Me
"Come to Me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon your shoulders. It might appear heavy at first, but it is perfectly fitted for you. Let Me teach you, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and when you are yoked to Me,...
The Difference Between A Marxist And A Conservative
A Marxist (Neo-Marxist, Progressive) is someone who is perpetually tormented by the possibility that someone, somewhere, may be both happy and voting Republican. H.L. Mencken (2880 - 1956), Paraphrased
Anger And Grief
I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief. Uncertain attribution: sometimes incorrectly attributed to C. S. Lewis. It is a Lewis sentiment, but not his voice and not found in his writings.
Revealed Truth
One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses...
Advent /1: Consider
It's Advent (Note 1). A time of commemoration of Christ’s first coming and the anticipation of His second coming. In 2024, Advent starts on December 1st and runs through Christmas Eve December 24th. Christians often speak of Christ’s “first advent” and “second...
How Do You Know If You’re A Christian?
You used to be a slave of sin. Now you are a servant of righteousness. Romans 6:18. Sometimes people try to reach back and remember what they felt at some moment when they prayed a prayer or walked an aisle and felt an emotional attachment to Jesus. They think their...
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