Truth For The Heart
In the chapter “Study Love,” from Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4. Alexander Strauch writes: “If you want to pursue love, you must read and study what God says about love in his written Word. You will then grow in the knowledge of love and in the knowledge of God […]
Read MoreToday is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. It’s also the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973. The Coventry Carol is both lullaby and lament, sung by the women of Bethlehem to their children before an enraged Herod had […]
Read MoreIn the chapter “Study Love,” from Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4. Alexander Strauch writes: “If you want to pursue love, you must read and study what God says about love in his written Word. You will then grow in the knowledge of love and in the knowledge of God […]
Read MoreI don’t have any news posts this week for the Read the Bible in 2011 pages, but on Sunday I will be posting more Bible texts on love. May God’s mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you in 2012. __________ Boom, Wilfredor: GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2 or any later version, Creative […]
Read MoreLast week in “Love or Die” I introduced you to Alexander Strauch’s book, Love or Die: Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4. In the chapter “Study Love,” he writes: “If you want to pursue love, you must read and study what God says about love in his written Word. You will then grow […]
Read MoreOn the Read the Bible in 2011 pages there are some readings without a link to a post. I’d like to fill in some of those gaps this year, and as I write, I’ll make each one “sticky” for a few days to the top of the front page. “Unsticking” one of these posts relocate […]
Read MoreBased upon several years of observation, it is my serious conviction that mysticism is a danger that is permeating, incognito, into the church today. As it greets Christians under the name of various innocuous phrases, its content is hidden behind words with Christian connotations while its nature deceives with experiences that promise a deeper knowledge […]
Read More“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 The lyrics of Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendour were written in China by Frank Houghton, an Englishman. The words, […]
Read MorePursue love… 1 Corinthians 14:1 With those two words Alexander Strauch opens his book, Love or Die, with its subtitle of Christ’s Wake-Up Call to the Church Revelation 2:4. This terrific small book is divided into two parts, “The Problem of Lost Love: Revelation 2:4,” and “How to Cultivate Love: Hebrews 10:24.” It ends with […]
Read MoreAs I wrote earlier this week, I’ll be filling in some of the gaps on the Read the Bible in 2011 pages because I didn’t post on some daily readings and others were only reading reminders. As I write, I’ll make them “sticky” for a few days so that they temporarily stick to the top […]
Read MoreSo what do I have in mind for 2012? I won’t post daily this year, instead I’ll aim for at least two days a week—probably on Wednesday and Saturday. I have several series to continue, including Studying the Bible, and I’ll be writing more on God’s purposes for us as women. One thing I want […]
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Kindling for Candles 