Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 2: Saturday Matthew 3–4 tells the events of the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. As he writes, Matthew continues with his authentication of the identity of Christ. Chapter 1 began with the genealogy of Christ to prove Jesus was descended from David. Within chapter 1 and 2 Matthew cites […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 2: Wednesday Mid-week on Wednesday, I turned back to the Psalms. Today’s reading is Psalm 3–5: David asks for deliverance from foes, relief from distress, and he cries for help because of his foes. Within these Psalms he affirms who God is: Psalm 3: “a shield around me, […]
Read MoreThe Prodigal Son is probably the best known, and the best loved, of all of the parables told by Jesus. I think that’s because it tells the story of the kind of father we would all like to have. Some of us may have been blessed with a father similar to the one in the […]
Read MoreWe either stand before God as a guilty rebel under His judgment, or through faith in Christ, we stand clean before Him in joy and wonder.
Read MoreHave you been running away lately? Maybe not physically, but in your mind or emotions? Have things seemed overwhelming and you don’t know exactly how God is going to help you or deliver you? Are you thinking you just ought to give up? Or maybe at some point in the past perhaps you did give […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 1: Tuesday Tuesday’s reading was Joshua 1–5. As I started to read, I thought that if you’re not familiar with Old Testament history, then you might want to use M’Cheyne’s reading plan in the right sidebar. It does mix readings from different books of the Bible, but it […]
Read MoreGod is good, and in the midst of our ruin and the death and despair of sin, He offers the hope of the Gospel.
Read MoreI wrote this post for New Year’s Day 2011. I’ve revisited it and revised it yet again for clarity because it continues to be read as people search for hope. I’ve left this one up so that if it turns up in a search, the link won’t lead to a page that says error, but […]
Read MoreCarol of the Bells featured a hand bell choir in Taiwan. The lyrics of Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendour were written in China by Frank Houghton, an Englishman. The words, the music and the story behind the writing of this hymn make this song one of my favorite Christmas carols. “…This hymn was […]
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Kindling for Candles 