Read Psalm 28 A Prayer for Help, and Praise for Its Answer. The terms, metaphors and names of God in the 28th Psalm: LORD (vs. 1, 5, 6), YHWH My Rock (vs. 1), the LORD is my strength (vs. 7), the LORD is their strength (vs. 8) (or “… His people’s strength”) … More The Strength of the Weak
God is greater than our hearts. Is this not a great comfort? Our hearts are deceitful things. Jeremiah said it well, “The heart is more deceitful than all elseAnd is desperately sick;Who can understand it?” (Jer. 17:9) Our hearts affirm us and condemn us.Our hearts rule us and destroy us with passions.Our hearts … More God is Greater Than Our Hearts
An Evening Benediction on the Day “May the rising of the moon remind you that He created it to rule the night,and that its path is determined by Him.May you rest in the delight that such a Godwatches over you for your good and His glory,every moment of your sleep. And may you rejoice in … More Your God Watches Over You
“For I, the LORD, do not change;Therefore you, O Sons of Jacob,are not consumed.” Malachi 3:6 Read Psalm 106 Training a Nation to Remember that Faithless Hearts Need a Good God Oh He is good.He has been good.He has promised good.He does good.God is good and does good and your whole history declares it.So one … More Psalm 106 Rehearsing the Past for the Glory of the Future
Some thoughts on a wedding day A May wedding on a glorious Saturday in South Carolinais an invitation to remember that all of us have been invitedto another wedding and another celebration feast.Like any invitation to any weddingan invitee must respond to the invitationto attend the wedding and enjoy the feast. And now the wedding … More Sanctifying the Night
Perhaps you have been drawn into the scholarly debate about what Jesus did for the first 30 years of His earthly life. Was He a carpenter or a stone-mason? There are two references/translations that are commonly used to suggest that Jesus was a carpenter, Matthew 13:55, where he is called “the son of a carpenter … More Jesus Was a Painter
Read Psalm 76 Asaph “is the name of three men in the Old Testament, of whom one is the reputed author of Psalms 50 and 73 through 83. He was one of David’s three chief musicians, the other two being Heman, and Ethan or Jeduthun, and we first hear of him when the ark was … More What Asaph Knew
We had a wonderful worship service this morning at Pioneer Church. Pastor Trell Ross gave a powerful exposition of Luke 8:1-21. Pastor Brogan designed a cogent and praise filled liturgy for the service and Gabe Daugherty tied the service together using a sparsity of well-chosen words to lead us through repentance, confession, praise, assurance and … More Finding Who God Is
I have been working on a new book for over a year now, though it builds on years of research, study and devotion. For many years, I have read the Bible through at least once a year. Sometimes I would read just to read the whole narrative story of God’s redemptive plan. Other years I … More It’s Coming Soon! The New Book
Prayer is assumed to be essential to the Christian life. Since it is essential it is something that we intuitively know we should work at it. The apostle Paul said, “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17). My question is, “how in the world do you do that?” Howard Hendricks used to tell the story of … More Prayer is the Christian Life
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