Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Worldview
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were created through Him, and without Him not one thing came into being. John 1:1-3 NRSV. A worldview is only as valid as its account of truth...
As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us
"As we forgive those who trespass against us" (Matthew 6:12). They are a child of God doing the very best they know how. You have not been called as a judge. Cut them some slack. Forgive them as you have been forgiven.
Forgiveness
I don't know about you, but God has extended me such unimaginable grace, that there is nothing I can not forgive of my fellow man. Matthew 18: 22-35 (The Parable of The Unforgiving Servant). Forgive them as you have been forgiven. Matthew 6: 9-13 (The Lord's Prayer)
First Sunday Of Advent | Zechariah, Elizabeth, and John
When Herod was king of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He was a member of the priestly order of Abijah, and his wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron. Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of...
A Prayer For The Morning
Bring joy to God in the morning. Pray His Word back to Him. Psalm 100Sing to the Lord, all the world. Worship the Lord with joy. Come before Him with happy songs. Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to Him; we are His people, we are His flock....
Rejoice
The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see. This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His faithful love endures forever....
Rationalization Is Disobedience
Samuel replied to King Saul, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience? Listen. Obedience is far better than sacrifice. He is much more interested in your listening to Him than in your offering the fat of rams to Him....
Revival
Let’s examine and search out our ways and return to the Lord. We raise our heart and hands toward God in heaven. Adapted, Lamentations 3:40-41 Surely we have sinned and fallen short. Both good and bad, joy and sorrow are part of God's sanctifying Providence. Let’s...
For His Glory
Everything comes from God, exists by His power, and is intended for His glory. All glory to Him forevermore. Amen. Adapted, Romans 11:36 The praise of God should be the cardinal object of all that we do. The noblest aim of intelligent beings is to secure Him a revenue...
Being The Best Version Of Me I Can Be
The woman . . . said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” John 4:28-29 It’s tempting to get caught up in the comparison game. To look at others and say, “At least I don’t sin like that guy,” or “I’m doing...
The Ordinary Means Of Grace
The ordinary means of grace (sometimes the means of grace) ("OMG", "MG") are the God ordained ordinary channels by which the Holy Spirit enables believers to receive Christ and the benefits of redemption (Note 1). They are outward signs of discipleship and...
Grace And Mercy
God regenerates us not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been...
Gratitude: The Root of Both Goodness And Happiness
"The man bowed low in homage to the Lord." Genesis 24:26 Here we have the Servant of Abraham recognizing and acknowledging the obvious movement of God in the tide of man's affairs. (Some translations say "he bowed his head." Whether he knelt or bowed his head, "bowed...
Every Knee Will Bow
At the name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. (Note 1) (Note 2) Truth. The new hate speech (circa 2025). The more a society drifts from Truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Speak it anyway. Note 1: Psalm 93,...
Humbly, Humbly, Our Ordinary Walking-Around Life
…. whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 NLT In the Scriptures, the great miracle of the incarnation slips into the ordinary life of a child. The great miracle of the transfiguration fades into the demon-possessed valley below. And the...
Under His Shadow
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 ESV Frances Ridley Havergal (1836 – 1879) was a well known and highly regarded English religious poet and hymnwriter. A contemporary of Charles Spurgeon, she had an...
Knowing God
Words are wholly inadequate to describe God. In addition, we can only know those things of God that, in His grace, He has chosen to reveal ("Revealed Truth"). More will no doubt be revealed when the Believer meets Jesus face to face. In the meantime, here is a jumping...
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