The Orderly Direction of Souls
Her concern was to provide for the orderly direction of souls in all things and to care for the churches of the many provinces which were associated with her… – Cogitosus, The Life of St. Brigit the Virgin And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, […]
God’s Purpose for the Church
Ephesians 3.8-21 (2) Pray Psalm 32.1, 2.Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,Whose sin is covered.Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity,And in whose spirit there is no deceit. Sing Psalm 32.1, 2.(Hendon: Take My Life and Let It Be)Blessed are they whose sins the LORD has forgiven by His Word!Pure their spirits are within; them He charges with […]
Know? Or Know About?
There’s a difference between truly knowing Jesus and merely knowing about Him. We need to make sure which of those characterizes us. Our readings are from the book, To Know Him. Here is a brief excerpt from pages 8 and 9: Do we know this One, or dowe merely know about Him? […]
A Quiet and Peaceable Life
Paul makes no distinction between those rulers that are just and those that are not. He sees it as a Christian duty to pray for those whose actions affect every citizen.
Don’t Want to Hear It
Acts 7:22–60 (ESV) “Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen. Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So […]