Care in Judging
Matthew 7: The Sermon on the Mount (36) Pray Psalm 82.8.Arise, O God, judge the earth;For You shall inherit all nations. Sing Psalm 82.8.Aurelia: The Church’s One FoundationRise up, O God, in splendor according to Your worth!Rise up in pow’r to judge all the nations of the earth!Rise up, O God our Savior, and hear our […]
A Visible Kingdom
On a couple of occasions, Jesus mentioned the possibility of “seeing” the Kingdom of God. We should expect, therefore, that righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit should be on display. Somewhere. Today’s excerpt from The Kingdom Turn is found on pages 70 and 71: “We’re considering the prospect of the Kingdom of God, the ways […]
Intimate Glory
The Beauty of Salvation (16) Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here…” Matthew 17.4 … Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1.27 C. S. Lewis wrote, concerning our great salvation, that we are “far too easily satisfied” with the state of our relationship with the Lord (Weight […]
David’s Works
Visionary Leadership (1) Now David said, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all countries. I will now make preparation for it.” So David made abundant preparations before his death. 1 Chronicles 22.5 Astonishing successBy any measure, the last years of David’s reign […]
Jonah Prayer
Jonah 2:1–3 (NKJV) Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s belly. And he said: “I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction,And He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,And You heard my voice.For You cast me into the deep,Into the heart of the seas,And the floods surrounded me;All Your billows and Your […]