For Whom Is the Law?
Matthew 14: Son of God (1) Pray Psalm 19.12-14.Who can understand his errors?Cleanse me from secret faults.Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins;Let them not have dominion over me.Then I shall be blameless,And I shall be innocent of great transgression.Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heartBe acceptable in Your sight,O LORD, my strength […]
The Peculiar Powers of Preaching
Cowper on Paul on Preaching (5) 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 I say the pulpit, […]
Where Is the Word of Truth?
The world today seems hell-bent on freeing itself from any fixed moral obligations—except, of course, those that are firmly fixed in the eyes of those who want to be the last word on morality. The great social squabbles of our generation have to do with whose moral vision will prevail. We begin a new series […]
Who Are We?
Questions for Church Leaders (1) “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant to be like his master.” Matthew 10.24, 25 Disciples allAll who have come to believe in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins must regard themselves as […]
MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK: The High Priest of Good Things to Come
He comes to cover sin with His righteousness. He comes to give life that death cannot conquer. He comes to establish a kingdom that grows quietly, powerfully, from the inside outward.
Punishment
Hosea 9:13–17 (NKJV) Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place,So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer. Give them, O LORD—What will You give?Give them a miscarrying wombAnd dry breasts! “All their wickedness is in Gilgal,For there I hated them.Because of the evil of their deedsI will drive them from My house;I will love […]