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Day by Day is a classic hymn that our congregation loves. Often, when we have a hymn sing or testimony service, it is one of those selected. Its God-centered lyrics minister strength to the heart and naturally lead to prayer.
Continue readingRightly understood, the Christian life is a battle. We war not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual forces of darkness in heavenly places (Eph 6:12). We fight the fight of faith. Consequently, there are many times we find
Continue readingIn yesterday’s post, we considered two unhelpful ways we may respond/react to God’s faith-training program, i.e. His custom-designed plan to discipline His children into faithful and obedient disciples of Christ who resemble our Savior. Those two counter-productive responses were: Growing
Continue readingIf you are a regular reader of this blog then you know that much of my writing is very personal, often times the passing on of lessons the Lord is teaching me that I have recorded in my devotion-time journal.
Continue readingMeditating on Hebrews 11 has been a rich and enriching experience the past couple weeks. One of the themes that rings repeatedly in our ears is the fact that biblical faith is fueled by the forward look. That is, inherent
Continue readingAs I meditated this morning on Hebrews 11:23-29, the portion dealing with Moses, I was struck by the reoccurring theme of “not fear, but faith.” Verse 23 says, “By faith Moses,” but clearly refers not to the faith of Moses,
Continue readingA phrase in Hebrews 11:19 struck me this morning: “He [Abraham] considered that God is able.” Able to do what? Able “to raise men even from the dead.” When God commanded Abraham to take Isaac to one of the mountains
Continue readingFor the past week or so I have been spending time in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. I’ve been asking myself “What is true of God, which led men and women of God to walk by radically obedient faith?” Here
Continue readingThis morning, my heart was drawn into John 10…again. How often the Spirit brings comfort and assurance to my sometimes-frail faith through meditating on the love of Jesus Christ for sinners like me. He is not only my Lord and
Continue readingSince someone gifted me a copy of the newly released A Puritan Theology, by Joel Beeke and Mark Jones, my goal is to read 1.5 chapters a week so that I can complete all 60 chapters by the end of
Continue reading“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love
Continue readingThe common bond experienced by genuine believers in Jesus Christ cannot be fully explained at the human level. It is supernatural, knit in the hearts of believers by the indwelling Spirit of God in accordance with biblical truth. No matter
Continue readingWhen we think of God being our Rock, our steady guide and solid foundation, we think of Him as being the One we hold on to. This is so true. When the trials of life come our faith clings to
Continue readingThe God of the Bible—our God—is absolutely sovereign over the nations of the world. There is no nation, government, political party, or ruler that can escape His scrutinizing oversight. He raises and lowers kings. And yet, somehow, in the mystery
Continue readingContinuing our study of the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:1-12, which we began yesterday, we need to consider five more markers on the road to true happiness. Happiness comes to those who have integrity of heart (v.8) – Jesus said, “Blessed
Continue readingOne of the most famous portions of the Bible is Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, which begins with what have become known as The Beatitudes. Each of these snippets of divine wisdom begins with the word, “Blessed,” which actually means
Continue readingIn Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus provides extensive teaching on the subject of anxiety. Meditating on this passage of Scripture will renew our minds as we submit to God’s truth and feed our sometimes-feeble faith. We learn seven lessons from this passage.
Continue reading“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance” (James 1:2-3). Trials test how we stand in our faith before God and how we conduct ourselves before others while
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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.
