Scripture My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait. — Isaiah 51:5 (ESV) Devotional In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast … Read more
Scripture Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise. — Jeremiah 17:14 (ESV) Devotional “I have seen his ways, and will heal him.” — Isaiah 57:18 It is the sole prerogative of God to remove spiritual disease. Natural disease may be instrumentally … Read more
We remember James Earl Jones because a microphone was running. We have the Bible because God meant it to be remembered.
Scripture Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! — Psalm 27:14 (ESV) Devotional It may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God’s … Read more
Scripture > All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins. > > — Numbers 6:4 (ESV) Devotional Nazarites had taken, among other vows, one which debarred them from the use of wine. In order that they might not violate the … Read more
Have you ever wondered what God did on day 8? The Cross is not an isolated transaction. God never clocked out.
Scripture > Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. > > — Psalm 51:1 (ESV) Devotional When Dr. Carey was suffering from a dangerous illness, the enquiry was made, “If this sickness should prove fatal, what passage would you select as the … Read more
Scripture > “Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord. > > — Isaiah 54:1 (ESV) Devotional Though we have … Read more
This is the meat. I will not turn it into a program. If you came for twelve steps, you came to the wrong table. Augustine spent a long book hunting the image of God in the mind. Memory. Understanding. Will. Three, and not three lives. That is a trinity in us. It is not yet … Read more
Last time I left you in a dark room with one question. This is the next plate. Not a system. A boundary. Paul already used the two words. “Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16) “I delight in the law of God, in … Read more
