Enemy Engagement
Battle lines were drawn in the opening chapters of Genesis, even before our first parents’ exile from Eden. “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel” (Gen. 3:15). The offspring of the woman would come […]
The universal language
Languages can divide us, but wonder at the love of God bridges those gaps.
The Question of Authority
Matthew 21: The End of the Beginning (5) Pray Psalm 2.7, 8.“I will declare the decree:The LORD has said to Me,‘You are My Son,Today I have begotten You.Ask of Me, and I will give YouThe nations for Your inheritance,And the ends of the earth for Your possession..’”Sing Psalm 2.7-9.(Agincourt: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High)I will declare the LORD’s decree. He said, “My […]
Art and Reason
God and Reason (16) One thing I have desired of the LORD,That will I seek:That I may dwell in the house of the LORDAll the days of my life,To behold the beauty of the LORD,And to inquire in His temple. Psalm 27.4 Made for beautyIt’s not something we think of very deeply, or even very often. But people […]
Lights in the Soul
The soul can function kind of like a traffic light for our body—stop here, slow down there, ready to go. Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on page 168: “As we come to the Scriptures submitted to them as the very Word of God, seeking Him, and His will by savoring every word and truth, and searching the Scriptures […]