Truth For The Heart
“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.” Malachi 4:2a If you open any hymnal, you will probably find songs with lyrics written by William Cowper. Two of his best known poems are “There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood” and “God Moves In A […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ The Five Books of Psalms “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!” Psalm 150:6 Wednesday’s Bible reading for Week 36 is Psalms 105–107. I haven’t mentioned the organization and divisions of the Psalms, but because Psalm 107 begins the fifth and last book, I wanted […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 36: Tuesday “At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifice there. For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were in the […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 35: Tuesday “Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy…” 1 Chronicles 15:16 Tuesday’s Bible reading is 1 Chronicles 15–19. These chapters cover events of joy, blessing and […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 34: Monday “Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: The LORD bless you, and keep you; The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious […]
Read MoreDuring that turbulent year of campus riots in 1970, on July 16, I became a Christian. Just over a month later I went to a camp with other college students from the Southeast for three weeks (in case you’re wondering, this wasn’t one of the many cults of that day), and for the first time […]
Read MoreAfter writing Psalms 81–83: Worship & Songs this week I added the category of Music to the list in the sidebar. I’m surprised I didn’t think of this earlier because I posted so much music last year during the Christmas season, and I added more songs at Easter. We are a singing faith. May God […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 28: Wednesday Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. Psalm 81:1–3 – Wednesday’s […]
Read More“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…” 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 Into the devastation of our world came the God-man Jesus Christ. […]
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Kindling for Candles 