A Soul at Rest
Trusting God Alone Psalm 62 is a psalm of deep trust and confident rest in the Lord. It’s a psalm for the weary, the restless, and those who need to be reminded where their salvation truly lies. The heading in my ESV Bible reads, “My Soul Waits for God Alone.” That phrase alone is enough […]
Learning Good Works
Observe the forms and beauties of sensible things, and comprehend the Word of God in them. If you do so, the truth will reveal to you in all such things only He who made them, outside of Whom you have nothing to contemplate, for He Himself is all things. – Eriugena, Homily on John 1.1-14, […]
Your kingdom come
Understanding what it means to pray “Your kingdom come,” we look at a painting by Hans Memling.
The Day of the Lord
Jesus throughout the Scriptures: Pre-exilic Prophets 1 (2) Pray Psalm 104.24-30.O LORD, how manifold are Your works!In wisdom You have made them all.The earth is full of Your possessions—…You open Your hand, they are filled with good.You hide Your face, they are troubled;You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.You send forth […]
Doctrines of Men
Our readings in this series are from the book, The Church Captive. Here is a brief excerpt from pages 39 and 40. “Luther believed that true Christian faith had been taken captive by Church leaders, who had learned over the years to make certain forms of faith work to their advantage in controlling their flocks. Christians had been […]
Live as a Citizen of Heaven
He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.
Faith
Luke 8:40–48 (ESV) Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus’ feet, he implored him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of […]