Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
The Word Of The Week: Poppycock |2
Poppycock, n; foolishness, nonsense, baloney, bunk, hokum; poppycock is the antithesis of truth. There are two creation narratives. One is written in the Bible. The other is that we crawled up out of the primordial soup in some origin of the species thriller....
The Word Of The Week: Poppycock |1
Poppycock, n; foolishness, nonsense, baloney, bunk, hokum; poppycock is the antithesis of truth. We have all heard some form of it: "I don't believe in Christianity. There are so many different interpretations of the Bible that none of it can be true." Poppycock. No...
The Lord’s Day
O Lord, my Lord, this is Your day. The Heavenly ordinance of rest, the open door of worship, the record of Jesus’ resurrection, the seal of the Sabbath to come. The day when saints contending and triumphant unite in endless song. I bless Thee for the throne of grace,...
The Lord’s Day Eve
Father, another week has gone by and I have been preserved in my going out and in my coming in. Yours has been the vigilance that has turned threatening evils aside. You have nourished me, comforted me, and provided the grace that edifies me. I pray to be clothed in...
Greener Grass
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. Psalm 23:2 Too many people think that the grass is always greener somewhere else, but the grass is green where you water it.
Wildfire
This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country. Luke 7:17 NIV When Jesus brought a young man back to life, the people who saw it erupted and worshiped God. They couldn’t stay silent. They’d just seen a miracle happen right before their eyes....
Grace
Grace is God treating a person solely according to His infinite goodness and sovereign purpose. Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit. Grace is also no longer grace if God is compelled to withdraw it in the presence...
God’s Grace
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 ESV God's Grace: A grace that is greater than all my sin.
Begin Here
And Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ These two commands are pegs and everything in...
Come
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with jubilation; Come before Him with rejoicing. Psalm 100:1-2 NASB On this Lord's Day, come, let us make a holy commotion to our God.
On Obedience
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Romans 6:1-2 Grace is amazing, but it didn't replace obedience.
Influencer
With what shall I come before the Lord? The Lord has told us what is good; walk in humble fellowship with God and live in steadfast righteousness and love toward others. Adapted, Micah 6:8. Be a positive influence today for the advancement of God's Kingdom on earth.
Joy
Joy is when what you believe and what you say and what you do are all in alignment with the will of God. Adapted, Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Get With The Program
We are responsible for the seeds we sow and we must live with the harvest that results. We cannot plant seeds of half-hearted, undisciplined, worldly lives, and then hope for crop failure in the next generation. Adapted from The Quiet Place, Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Bach On Music
The aim and final reason of all music should be none else but the glory of God and refreshing the soul. Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and musician (1685 - 1750)
Know The Difference
Jesus: "It is written." Satan: "Is it written?"
Hardship And God’s Grace
And you shall remember all the ways in which the Lord your God led you in the wilderness these forty years, in order to humble you, putting you to the test, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. Deuteronomy 8:2 NASB The...
Defy Explanation
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.” Luke 1:35 The late Dr. Adrian Rogers once challenged a large gathering with these words: “We have no right to be believed so long as we can be explained.” Most of our lives are...
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