Training the heart is not always easy. It is bent and resists being straightened. When we bought our house here in South Carolina, we inherited a six foot hook for a hanging plant in the back yard. About a year later we had to take down a number of trees in the back and I … More Into Your Hands, I Give Everything (Psalm 31)
I was going to put this link on Facebook and let people find it there. But I decided to put a link to it here because I want a place to return to for myself. This conversation between two Christian scholars who have debated with and are friends with Bart Erhman, (the unbelieving New Testament … More I was going to put this link on FaceBook
Photo: Neshaminy Creek, PA, close to the headwaters Read Psalm 67 (ESV) To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. 1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah2 that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. 3 Let the peoples … More A Liturgy for a Praising Heart (Ps. 67)
There are times when our spiritual senses are so keen, so lambent and alive that our hearts can hardly be contained and tears drip down our cheeks as if a relief value had been opened to make it possible for us to survive the moment. Those times are rare. They are wonderful. And sometimes, they … More The Nearness of God, The Pain and the Sorrow and the Longing for More
Psalm 92 will be the text for this next week’s message at my home church. I’m not preaching. But it is my custom to try to read ahead and today, I was struck by the superscription. “A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day.” “A Psalm, a Song” —that phrase appears two other times in … More Twelve Things to Do on Your Sabbath (from Psalm 92)
I love books. Over the last four years, I have culled and sold or given away about 2,000 books from my personal library. And yet, over 4,200 books remain on the shelves. In the corner, near a favorite chair is a collection of books with a particular character. There are three Bibles in various translations, … More Finding Surprises that Rock the Soul
I’m reading Steven Lawson’s mini-biography of William Tyndale, (THE DARING MISSION OF WILLIAM TYNDALE, Reformed Trust, 2016). On page 104, this sentence arrested my attention: “Having learned Hebrew over a period of some five years, Tyndale was ready to begin the task of translating the books of the law.” The previous 103 pages had demonstrated … More 8 Languages, and Then He Learned Hebrew
I don’t have a regular teaching vehicle these days, but I am thankful that I was asked to bring the message at Pioneer Church in Rock Hill, SC this past Sunday. Saturday had been a soul-horrowing day in the Schoenleber household with an 8.5 hour crisis that was thrust upon us with a 10 minute … More Maybe the Last Message I Preach
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