In the Wilderness
Matthew 4.1-11: Wilderness Victory (1) Pray Psalm 95.1, 2, 6.Oh come, let us sing to the LORD!Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.Oh come, let us worship and bow down;Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. Sing Psalm […]
Body Music
The Beauty of Salvation (10) “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill […]
A Torrent of Prayer
Paul seems to envision a kind of torrent of prayer going up to God on behalf of the leaders of the community and the world. What a great privilege to be entrusted with this duty! Today’s excerpt from If Men Will Pray is found on page 18: “Not only does Paul command the men of the Church […]
We Need the Church!
The Church (1) And he put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Ephesians 1.22, 23 Keeping pace?The increasing decline and cultural marginalization of Christianity in America and the West is beginning to be a cause for alarm on […]
ADVENT: The Coming of Wisdom and Power
As I look around at the mess of the world, the lostness of our leaders, and the chaos of contemporary, culture, how desperately we need him to “teach us the way of prudence” and to “mightily and sweetly order all things.”[
Get Their Attention
Acts 21:37–22:2a (ESV) As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek? Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the […]