Glory and Creation
Jesus walked on water, stilled the storm, withered the fig tree, and admired the birds and lilies. What place does creation have in His Kingdom? Today’s reading from The Kingdom Turn is found on pages 91 and 92: “The creation is at present subject to a form of futility which prevents it from fulfilling its purpose as […]
Shepherd
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1, NKJV) The title ‘shepherd’ doesn’t mean a lot to us unless, that is, we are sheep. In that case, it means everything. A shepherd is one who tends the sheep. He makes it his responsibility to know them, bind up the injured, seek the […]
Vision and Worship
Visionary Leadership (6) They have seen your procession, O God,The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. Psalm 68.24 The culminationIt is not by coincidence that David ends Psalm 68 with a vision of the people and nations at worship. The worship, praise, glory, and honor of God must be the end of every […]
Master of Wind and Sea
Matthew 8: Setting Things Right (5) Pray Psalm 29.1, 2.Give unto the LORD, O you mighty ones,Give unto the LORD glory and strength.Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name;Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.Sing Psalm 29.1, 2.Toulon: I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer ArtGive praise to God, you children of the earth!Tell of […]
YET NOT I, BUT THROUGH CHRIST IN ME
This hymn is a stunning expression of confidence in Christ to empower us in every circumstance to which he has called us. In our need, his power is displayed!
The Kingdom Mindset
Jonah 4:10–11 (ESV) And the LORD said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not […]