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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
On a farm, milk is not a joke. It is how a living thing starts. A calf does not apologize for needing it. A mother does not sneer while she gives it. Nobody in the barn calls milk “baby talk” and then wonders why the young one is thin. Milk is a gift. It is … Read more
Jesus did not start with a class. He started with a question. He was on the road, near Caesarea Philippi, when He asked the disciples what the crowd was saying. “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They had answers ready. John the Baptist. Elijah. Jeremiah. One of the prophets. Good names. … Read more
Scripture > oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, > > — Exodus 25:6 (ESV) Devotional My soul, how much thou needest this, for thy lamp will not long continue to burn without it. Thy snuff will smoke and become an offence if light be gone, and gone … Read more
Scripture > Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God. > > — Psalm 31:5 (ESV) Devotional These words have been frequently used by holy men in their hour of departure. We may profitably consider them this evening. The object of the faithful man’s solicitude in life and … Read more
Scripture > And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?” > > — Numbers 14:11 (ESV) Devotional Strive with all diligence to keep out that monster unbelief. It so … Read more
Scripture > And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. > > — Mark 9:15 (ESV) Devotional How great the difference between Moses and Jesus! When the prophet of Horeb had been forty days upon the mountain, he underwent a kind of transfiguration, … Read more
