The Ends of Commerce
Kingdom Commerce (3) Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Ephesians 4.28 Commerce, commerce everywhereIt would be impossible to catalog all the many and varied types of commercial activity taking place throughout the world at […]
Foolish Workmen
The Shepherd’s Example (10) “According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.” Exodus 25.9 Imagine if Moses, Bezalel, Aholiab, and the others, hearing the Lord’s plan for the tabernacle, had said, “Great ideas there, Lord. But we don’t […]
Life Is Short, So Live It Well
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12) Time’s Unsettling Question If you knew you only had five years left to live, how would it change the way you live today? That question is both unsettling and strangely freeing. For those of us in our fifties, […]
The Rule of King Jesus
Our readings in this series are from the book, Such a Great Salvation. Here is a brief excerpt from pages 42, 43: “The day of salvation has dawned, and the darkness of unbelief cannot prevent its continuing advance. As believers seek the rule of King Jesus and His beauty, goodness, and truth, the reality of the Kingdom comes to […]
Pray for Your Church
Ephesians 1.15-23 (1) Pray Psalm 48.1-3.Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praisedIn the city of our God,In His holy mountain.Beautiful in elevation,The joy of the whole earth,Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,The city of the great King.God is in her palaces;He is known as her refuge. Sing Psalm 48.1-3.(Cwm Rhondda: Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah)Great is God, […]
Witness
Acts 1:20–26 (ESV) “For it is written in the Book of Psalms, “‘May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it’; and “‘Let another take his office.’ So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among […]