Hebrews 4:14-16 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as weRead More…
Psalms 36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. What comes to mind when you think of excellence? For myself, the concept of perfection comes to mind, along with high standing, uprightness, praise-worthy, and more. When you hear the term, “lovingkindness”,Read More…
Psalms 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. I’ve decided to go back through the Psalms again for awhile. Some are challenging, some are exhorting, and then some are peaceful. Psalm 4 is one of those psalms. This verse in particular touchesRead More…
If false teachers are spots, then the false teachings they spread are the wrinkles. Wrinkles occur naturally in two different circumstances: 1) Wrinkles occur in clothing if they have been bunched up and tossed in a corner. They occur naturally in clothing that goes through the dryer coming out wrinkled and needing ironing. 2) WrinklesRead More…
It’s been an interesting past few days to say the least. Two themes over the past week have kept reverberating: Trees, love shown through obedience, and brokenness. I guess that makes three themes. But they have, in various ways, intertwined with each other as tends to be the case when God is showing me things.Read More…
So I’ve started on my next project, and have a fair bit of research done for it now since half way through August. It doesn’t have a title yet, but there are a few contenders. The concept is: How does God adorn His Bride in Scripture? Based on this premise, the foundations of the NewRead More…
Morning devotions took me to Proverbs Chapter 9 today. Every now and then it’s nice to return to the book that started me on my personal devotional journey as a teenager, the book of Proverbs. It has exactly 31 chapters, which makes it easy to remember where you should be reading next. Just look atRead More…
Psalm 34:6: “This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. This passage of Scripture was timely this weekend, as I suffered another setback in my physical and emotional health. My nerves shot off almost as bad as if I’d experienced another nervous breakdown, on the wayRead More…
Back in the spring, David asked if I’d be interested in writing a review of his latest book, “40 Days of Praise: A Hymn Devotional”. (paid link) to the left) I was still reading “Devotions From Genesis” by Nicole Vaughn, so I let him know that if I did do his study, it would beRead More…
This particular daily session focussed on the hymn, “Oh For A Thousand Tongues to Sing”, written by Charles Wesley as a tribute to his one year anniversary of coming to Salvation in Christ. David suggests to the reader that they should take stock of when they got saved. Do they have a date? Or aRead More…