The Parable of the Soils
Matthew 13: Kingdom Extravaganza (1) Pray Psalm 126.4, 5.Bring back our captivity, O LORD,As the streams in the South.Those who sow in tearsShall reap in joy. Sing Psalm 126.4, 5.Truro: Shout, for the Blessed Jesus Reigns!Restore our fortunes, LORD our King! Let grace like flowing streams prevail.All they with tears of joy shall sing who sow while […]
The Awful Charge
Cowper on Paul on Preaching (4) I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 2 Timothy 4.1, 2 The apostle Paul called […]
Seeking Love
Love is the defining mark of one who has made the Kingdom turn. But we need to “work out” the love God’s Spirit longs to unpack within and through us. So we need to know what we’re looking for concerning how love is expressed. Today’s excerpt from The Kingdom Turn is found on pages 156 and 157: […]
Derision
Hosea 7:11–16 (NKJV) “Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense—They call to Egypt,They go to Assyria.Wherever they go, I will spread My net on them;I will bring them down like birds of the air;I will chastise themAccording to what their congregation has heard. “Woe to them, for they have fled from Me!Destruction to them,Because they have transgressed […]