There’s something funny about doctrinal statements. We write them, quote them, and believe them because they’re supposed to be based on the unchanging Word of God. Why, then, if they are so rock-solid, are there so many different ones? Why do genuine believers have so many differences (albeit in small ways)? Why didn’t God just [...]
Reflection on His Love
February 5, 2007 by Leave a Comment
O sacred Head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed down, Now scornfully surrounded With thorns Thine only crown: How pale Thou art with anguish, With sore abuse and scorn, How does that visage languish, Which once was bright as morn! What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered Was all for sinners’ gain; Mine, mine was [...]
Songs in the Night
February 2, 2007 by Leave a Comment
I’ve noticed something about myself. Let’s say I have a problem, an impossible problem, something I can’t fix by myself no matter how hard I try. I have two options. My tendency is to stay up half the night worrying and trying to fix it anyway. This just makes me feel yucky the next day, [...]
God’s good nature
January 31, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Psalm 23 says that the Lord is my shepherd. He is a good shepherd, John 10:11 and 14 say. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what my Good Shepherd is really like. When He leads me, I do not want. I lack no good thing (Ps. 84:11). Think of what that means! See [...]
Answers to prayer
January 30, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Isaiah 65:24 says, “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.“ What a precious promise! This verse has been filling my head the last day, and God has been fulfilling this promise in my life, too. How sweet it is to [...]
Opening Our Minds
January 22, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday our pastor preached from Luke 24. I was struck especially by verses 44-45: “Jesus said to [the disciples], ‘This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.’ Then he opened their minds [...]
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