Dialogue 23 — Dehydration
Luke 22:14–20 (ESV) And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” And he […]
While You Work
Celtic Spiritual Poetry (13)Thus the hated foe deals as he wearies our hearts,And by ill temptations shakes the inward hearts with rage.Let your mind, my men, recalling Christ sound Ho!Stand fixed in your intent, and spurn the foeman’s wiles,Duly protect yourselves with armour of the virtues.Let your mind, my men, recalling Christ sound Ho!Firm faith […]
Patrick Remembered
The Celtic Revival, which Patrick helped to launch, lasted nearly 400 years. As the memory of those glory days began to fade, writers appeared to record the lives of those great saints and, for certain of them, their relationship to Patrick. Today’s excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History, is found on pages 12 and 13: “[W]hat […]
Hypocrites (1)
Matthew 23: Warnings and Woes (2) 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 HighI will declare the LORD’s decree. He said, “My Son […]
The Voice of the Lord
God sits as King above the storm, and all that power is available as strength for his people. The quiet, beautiful end is peace.