Generosity
The procurator said: “I will leave you now, and will come to you again together with all things, that ye will require, as the Holy Procurator came to the apostles of old…And when the time expired, Brendan prepared to set forth, and was putting out from the land, when he saw the procurator coming to […]
An All-Pervading Conflict
Our readings in this series are from the book, Such a Great Salvation. Here is a brief excerpt from pages 10 and 11: “A consistent teaching of Scripture is that the creation is pervaded by spiritual presences—including human beings—and that these spiritual presences are divided into two opposing camps. One camp seeks to exalt, exemplify, and extol […]
Election
Ephesians 1.1-6 (4) Pray Psalm 124.1-3, 8.“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,”Let Israel now say—“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,When men rose up against us,Then they would have swallowed us alive,When their wrath was kindled against us…Our help is in the name of the LORD,Who made […]
Made Alive with Christ
He willed his own death, for he who could not die unless he willed doubtless died because he willed, and therefore he openly exposed the principalities and the powers, confidently triumphing over them in himself.
Perplexed
Luke 24:1–9 (ESV) But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about […]