Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
A Murmur Of The Heart
I will be late for our meeting. I have been detained in fellowship with the Holy Spirit.
A Note On Wolves In Sheep’s Clothing
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. Matthew 7:15 NIV Wolves are not detected because of inferior costume design. On the contrary, they know their craft and dress themselves accordingly. They’ve...
Never Send To Know For Whom The Bell Tolls
We are often transfixed by time. Slaves to the hour. What time is it? Oh my, I’m late! The Creator is not bound by time. God hears not the chiming of the clock. He hears only the murmur of the heart. From the #forwhomthebelltolls series
Hallelujah
Hallelujah comes from ancient Hebrew, meaning “praise ye Yahweh.” Praise the Lord or Hallelujah is a joyful expression often heard in worship music and church services. Handel's Messiah features one of the best known musical usages in the Hallelujah Chorus. A notable...
How Should We Then Live?
A new creation not only shuns sin, but clothes itself in Christ-like virtue. Put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with one another. Forgive one another. Above all, put on love which is the perfect bond of unity. Let the peace of Christ...
A New Creation
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2nd Corinthians 5:17 The word creature is the Greek word ktisis. It is the same word used to describe the creation of the world. When God created...
The Three Most Important Days In Your Life
The three most important days in your life:1st: The day you were born.2nd: The day you were born again.3rd: The day you understand why you were born and born again. Adapted, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) ("The two most important days of your life are the day you were born...
Mistaken Assumption
The biggest assumption we make in life is that we will have tomorrow. Dr Jared Wilson, https://fxn.ws/46h9A7u
Spiritual Formation
Supplement your basic faith with a generous provision of moral excellence (good character),and moral excellence with knowledge (spiritual understanding),and knowledge with self-control (vigilant discipline),and self-control with patient endurance (passionate...
Contentment
Contentment, n: a state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his/her lot whatever it may be; an inner peace resulting from humility, and from an understanding of the basic goodness of God’s plan, the greatness of His promises, our own unworthiness, and of...
God’s Unconditional Mercy And Grace
It is proper to give God all praise, and honor, and glory. To be able and allowed to do so is not a right, but a privilege, granted not on the basis of our personal merit, but of God’s faithful lovingkindness (Note 1). Reading: Psalm 92 Note 1: Lovingkindness, from...
Perception: Light And Darkness
This is a test. But it is not only a test. It is a parable. Now, unbelievers (including Neo-Marxists (Note 1)) don’t do parables. It upsets The Narrative. So the light may not go on for some of you. As the lawyers rhetorically say, read at your own risk. Your eye is...
On Wisdom
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; people who cherish understanding will prosper. Proverbs 9:10 CSB, Proverbs 19:8 NLT
Small Things
"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970)
The Last Adam
Too many people read the story of Jesus' temptation by Satan (Matthew 4:1-11) as just another event without realizing it was actually a crisis situation. Paul referred to Jesus as "the last Adam" (1 Corinthians 15:45). Jesus came to restore all that the first Adam...
We Know Not Our End
"When I was sixteen, I won a great victory. At that moment I felt I would live to be a hundred. Now I know I shall not see thirty. “None of us know our end, or what hand will guide us there. A king may move a man, a father may claim a son. But that man can also move...
Bumper Sticker Of The Week
Honk if you love Jesus. Text if you want to meet him.
As He Is Holy, Let Us Be Also
Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. Exodus 20:8 NRSV We have said it before. It is worthy of repeating. We do not rest on the Sabbath so we can work during the week. We work during the week so we can rest and refresh our souls on the Sabbath. Celebrating the...
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