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[Yesterday morning, we read this in our staff meeting. It is a precious prayer demonstrating dependence upon the all-sufficient God. It is taken from Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions.] O LORD OF GRACE, The world
Continue readingLast week, I spent several days in Psalms 3-7 as part of my study through Alec Motyer’s devotional translation of the Hebrew songbook we know as the book of Psalms. Whether or not all agree that Psalms 3-7 belong to the
Continue readingThe past few days we have received instruction from the Lord as to how to battle against worry. The apostle Paul’s words to the Philippian believers have taught us to worry about nothing and pray about everything in order that
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Have you ever experienced the power of encouragement? I can remember many times over the years when God provided faithful believers who were “others-focused” enough to come alongside and strengthen my hands for His work. The Apostle Paul had such
Continue reading“Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments.’” There
Continue readingMy goal in writing is simple. I want to increase every Christian’s love for God by increasing their delight in His Word, the Bible. That’s why I wrote my first book, Delight in the Word, and have just released the
Continue readingI’ve been thinking about last week’s post on three ways suffering makes us like Christ and remembered an illustration that I told in an earlier book. As servants of Christ suffer for His name, and for the sake of His
Continue readingThough Jesus has ascended back to the Father, his ministry to us continues. The door to God that the Son opened for us, through his death, he now keeps open in his role as our High Priest. “Therefore, brothers, since
Continue readingAs I near the end of reading Isaiah By the Day: A Devotional Translation by Alec Motyer, I want to pass on to you some really important thoughts from the author which serve to challenge each of us. Today’s reading
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The past two Lord’s Days, our congregation has been considering what the apostle had in mind when he declared his heart’s longing, “that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like
Continue readingFear is a crippling form of unbelief that usually leads to many other sins, one of which is the unforgiving spirit that leads to resentment and deep-seated bitterness. How does sinful fear hinder the experience of true forgiveness? Answering this
Continue readingWhy We Do Not Punish Our Children – Sara Wallace makes the same distinction that I’ve been making in my teaching and writing for several decades (HELP! My Toddler Rules the House, for example). So glad for this TGC post!
Continue readingYesterday, I found myself recommending this resource again so I thought I’d mention it to you. Transformed Into His Likeness is a unique resource. Its spiral-bound flip chart design makes it very useful in counseling and personal one-to-one discipleship. This
Continue readingSometime in the early months of 1984, I met Jesus Christ. Before that moment, I knew about Him, but I did not know Him. I had a religion, but I did not have a relationship with God. By God’s grace
Continue readingToday’s flashback was first posted in March 2013. May the Lord use these biblical reflections to nourish your faith! The doctrine of the believer’s adoption into God’s family is rich with assurance of the continuing love and commitment of the
Continue readingWhat does a good and wise political leader look like? There are many qualities revealed throughout Scripture, in both precept and example, but let me simply draw your attention to a forgotten passage, Proverbs 31:1-9. Proverbs 31 is almost exclusively
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Today is the third, and final, post in a series of reflections on the conscience stimulated by a chapter in A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life. First, we thought about the nature of the conscience as first created by God.
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Continuing from yesterday’s post, I’d like us to think for a few more moments about what the Puritans taught concerning the conscience. In this post, consider a summary of six kinds of evil consciences which, again, are drawn from A Puritan
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By God’s grace, I’m a husband, dad, grandpa, and pastor at Cornerstone Community Church in Mayfield Hts, OH. I love Christ because He first loved me.
