Dialogue 45 — Living Faith
But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled […]
A Prayer for Tears
Celtic Spiritual Poetry (26) Grant me tears, O Lord, to blot out my sins; may I not cease from them, O God, until I have been purified…When I contemplate my sins, grant me tears always, for great are the claims of tears on cheeks…Grant me contrition of heart so that I may not be in […]
For Holiness
Patrick was not only serious about evangelism; he was serious about holiness. And when one putative Christian transgressed the bounds of neighbor love, Patrick was swift in responding, as he explains in this excerpt from Patrick: A Devotional History found on pages 59 and 60 “One further incident will I relate:Though I am but a sinner and […]
Finished
Matthew 27: Crucified (4) Pray Psalm 69.13-15.But as for me, my prayer is to You,O LORD, in the acceptable time;O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.Deliver me out of the mire,And let me not sink;Let me be delivered from those who hate me,And out of the deep waters.Let not the […]
Return in Repentance
Men are lost, because they turn not unto God; but no man is lost because he had not power to return. God gives this, and he will require it.