The Hole in a Man’s Heart
The Good Life: Part 5 More Than a Cultural Problem We’ve been talking, in this series, about a crisis. We’ve named what the culture’s best and brightest are seeing in men. We have watched Solomon, the man who tried every remedy the ancient world could offer, document his results in Ecclesiastes. We’ve introduced Jesus as […]
This Way to Greatness
Matthew 18: Others First (1) Pray Psalm 146.1, 2.Praise the LORD!Praise the LORD, O my soul!While I live I will praise the LORD;I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Sing Psalm 146.1, 2, 10.Hallelujah! What a Savior: Man of SorrowsPraise the LORD, my soul, give praise! While I live, His Name […]
Law and Gospel
Cowper on Paul on Preaching (9) …yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 1 Corinthians 9.16 There stands the messenger of truth; there standsThe legate of the skies!—his theme divine,His office sacred, his credentials clear.By him the violated law speaks outIts thunders; and by him, in strains as sweetAs angels use, the […]
Reason Subverted
God and Reason (6) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood […]
We Propose
Why do we as Christians care so much about the Bible? Because it is God’s truth for a truth-starved world, and because in the Scriptures we find Jesus. And this makes us want to tell others about Him. Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on pages 62 and 63: “We are […]
Warfare
Nahum 2:10–13 (NKJV) She is empty, desolate, and waste!The heart melts, and the knees shake;Much pain is in every side,And all their faces are drained of color.Where is the dwelling of the lions,And the feeding place of the young lions,Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub,And no one made them afraid?The lion tore […]