Truth For The Heart
Read the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 2: Monday Today’s Bible reading, Genesis 4–7, spans people and events from the aftermath of the Fall (Genesis 3) to Noah and the Flood. These chapters reveal the stark contrast between those who continually choose to do evil, and the much smaller number who call upon God. 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 MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 1: Friday “The proud look of man will be abased And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day….” “The pride of man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the LORD alone will […]
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 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 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 […]
Read MoreYou may have wondered why, if Joy to the World is my favorite Christmas carol, I didn’t wait and post it on Christmas Day. I have several reasons. Joy is a major theme of Philippians, and I want to keep this theme in mind—because the topic of Philippians 1:29 is one that is difficult for us […]
Read MoreIn True Spirituality, Francis Schaeffer writes: “Intellectual pursuits can be to the glory of God. But today much intellectual pursuit is not a pursuit of truth, or a search for truth, but a game—and the best game one can play…Theology today is often a superior game, just like the game of general intellectual thinking….If I […]
Read MoreIn Psalm 19, David writes not only about God’s revelation in His creation and in His Word, but he also writes about the response of his own heart. “7The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8The precepts of the LORD are […]
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Kindling for Candles 