1 Peter 4–5: Our Grief & God’s Grace

April 5, 2022.Reading time 15 minutes.

This is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us…”

December 25, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

But when the fullness of the time came,
God sent forth His Son.

Galatians 4–6: Set Free & Standing Firm

November 9, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

It was for freedom that Christ set us free;
therefore keep standing firm
and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 1–3: Law, Grace, & the Gospel

October 26, 2021.Reading time 24 minutes.

Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”

“As the Father Has Loved Me, So Have I Loved You”

August 20, 2021.Reading time 17 minutes.

Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness
in the morning.

Romans 8: “If God is for us, who is against us?”

August 13, 2021.Reading time 18 minutes.

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Romans 8:26–27: the Spirit’s Help

August 3, 2021.Reading time 14 minutes.

“I will not leave you as orphans.”

Grief & Grace

July 29, 2019.Reading time 18 minutes.

Today I was reminded of something in the past that had hurt me down to the bone because it was a permanent loss of something dearly anticipated. It was taken away and will never come again. I cried and grieved again for that loss. A little later I looked at the Bible reading for today. […]

Rearranging A Few Things!

September 3, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

In God’s Word & Our Times: Part 1, I discussed the chiasmus of 2 Timothy 3:2–5. I’ve decided to pull out the definition of chiastic structure, add further explanation and examples, and publish it in a separate post, Wonders In God’s Word. This will give me a post to refer to whenever I mention it. I’ve […]

God’s Mercies & Our Minds

August 21, 2012.Reading time 6 minutes.

Why do we study the Bible? What is our motivation? What is our purpose? In the first eleven chapters of his letter to the church at Rome, Paul proclaims the mercies of God in His Son Jesus. At the end of chapter 11, those mercies impel Paul to wonder and awe and praise. To understand […]