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Psalm 119:16
Upon thy statues my delight shall constantly be set: And, by thy grace, I never will thy holy word forget. –Scottish Psalter, 1650 Read more
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Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne
Before Jehovah’s awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and He destroy. His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to His fold again. We are His people, Read more
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Defend the Faith Biblical Challenge
I received an email today from one of many news services about religious items. Wow, talk about invective! The low-down: An author asks folks to supply evidence that he has used the Bible incorrectly in his latest book, The Case Against Evangelical Christianity, specifically these points: The book makes several controversial claims: among them I argue Read more
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Come, Ye Disconsolate
I’ve been meditating on this hymn tonight…. Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish; Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel; Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that heav’n cannot heal. Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure, Here speaks the Comforter, Read more
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A Good Reminder About Government
The context of this quote is a discussion about Israel’s desire for a king… It is easy to forget that “we the people” in the long run must always pay for whatever the government does for us. Only fools suppose that by committing a matter to the government, they can get it done for nothing. Read more
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God’s Transforming Grace
Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison (Acts 8:3) …serving the Lord with all humility and tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews; I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was Read more
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