My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Running from pain
This year or so has been a year of learning that you can’t run away from pain. The other day, I had something really tough happen to me that ripped…
We are a rebellious people
“Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people. Remember and do not…
The Gospel is for the believer – Part 4
The Covenant of Faith “But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as…
Good News, not good advice
I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband,…
Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me
Jesus said, “Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me.” Do I see my life in those words or am I seeking a comfortable pilgrimage on this earth? The…
You ask, but do not have because . . .
If we seek God for an answer of our own making, we will not have what we ask of him. We want God to provide a way, but often refuse…
Foreign Faith
I am learning that faith is something that is foreign to this world. Hebrews 11 is not a story of men who gained what they searched for here on earth.…
The Gospel is for the believer – Part 7
To the cross By faith we turn away from the world and behold Christ. John cried out, “Behold, the Lamb.” That is what God has called us to do. This…
The day before the throne
This article is part of a series that begins here. An outline can be found here. The death of Shemei Solomon looked at the man standing before his throne and…
The power of the Word
“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!”I thought about titling this: Why Calvinists evangelize? For the word of the Lord is upright,and all his work is…
