Scripture You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. — Leviticus 19:36 (ESV) Devotional Weights, and scales, and measures were to be all according to the standard of justice. Surely no Christian man will … Read more
Who do you say that He is when a culture learns to call the sacrifice of its children an option — or a right? Dignity is not conferred by wantedness. Dignity is the image of God, bestowed.
Who do you say that He is when the state — or the culture around it — calls death medicine? Dignity is not control of the exit. Dignity is belonging to the One who already holds your times.
Scripture Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” — Mark 1:41 (ESV) Devotional Primeval darkness heard the Almighty fiat, “light be,” and straightway light was, and the word of the Lord Jesus is equal in majesty to that ancient word of power. Redemption … Read more
You are not a soul trapped in a leftover body. The body is not the sinner. The person sins. The Son assumed the whole man, so the whole man is healed.
Scripture The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. — Psalm 11:5 (ESV) Devotional All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God’s … Read more
Scripture Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions? — Song of Solomon 1:7 (ESV) Devotional It is well to be able, without any “if” or “but,” … Read more
Scripture So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” — John 4:48 (ESV) Devotional A craving after marvels was a symptom of the sickly state of men’s minds in our Lord’s day; they refused solid nourishment, and pined after mere wonder. The gospel which they so greatly needed … Read more
Scripture Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. — Mark 1:30 (ESV) Devotional Very interesting is this little peep into the house of the Apostolic Fisherman. We see at once that household joys and cares are no hindrance to the full exercise of ministry, nay, that since … Read more
Scripture Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. — Psalm 62:8 (ESV) Devotional Faith is as much the rule of temporal as of spiritual life; we ought to have faith in God for our earthly affairs as well as for our heavenly … Read more
