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“You may not feel very much like reading right now. No words can take away the pain, bring people back or make everything right. But sometimes information can change our perspective and provide what we need to know.” I know
Continue readingWhere do you run to when the storms of life beat upon you with unrelenting persistence? Where do you hide when trouble chases you like a hound pursuing a fox? Where do you find peace when fear overtakes you and
Continue readingOne of the highlights of Desiring God’s recent conference, God’s Good Design in Disability, was the 10-minute testimony of Krista Horning. From her life’s painful and shameful experiences with multiple disabilities flows a beauty and grace that can only be
Continue readingApart from the suffering of Jesus on the cross of Calvary the book of Job is the best biblical illustration of human suffering. In a few moments’ time Job, a great man of the east, lost all of his wealth
Continue readingYesterday, one of my associate pastors encouraged me to read a chapter in A Portrait of Paul, in which the authors expound on how the apostle Paul maintained a Godward focus and joy in the midst of his suffering. The
Continue readingThis past Sunday, in our evening service, we received one of the most God-glorifying, gospel-exalting, grace-dispensing testimonies we have heard in a long time. As one of our members gave God glory, for His ongoing work of grace in the
Continue readingWhen you think you’ve hit the bottom and the bottom gives way and you fall into a darkness no words can explain and you don’t know how you make it out alive Jesus will meet you there. When the doctor
Continue readingSexual Design Lectures & Gay Protestors – Justin Taylor directs us to a couple videos covering how Doug Wilson’s recent teaching at Indiana University was received. A Review of ‘The Excellent Wife‘ – “This book is an excellent resource for
Continue readingI was recently encouraged by this poem sent to me from a friend. So, I thought I’d remember the relay races from Elementary School days and pass the encouragement on to you. Light after darkness, gain after loss, Strength after
Continue readingLORD, My sin has never been more repulsive to my spiritual senses, but Christ has never been sweeter. My strength has never more acutely felt like weakness, but Christ has never been sweeter. My awareness of living in a fallen
Continue readingWhen facing the reality of ongoing physical suffering, whether by disease or crippling disability, one of the distinct wellsprings of hope that believers in Jesus Christ have is the future resurrection of our body unto new life. Certainly this is
Continue reading“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms” (James 5:13). And if you are somewhere in between, do both. Sing a psalm while you pray or pray while you sing a psalm. Try
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Other than the Psalms, which deal with life in such raw honesty, there hardly seems a better place to turn when in the midst of trials than the book of Job. Job lost everything in a matter of moments; his
Continue readingCharles Spurgeon referred to the book of Psalms as The Treasury of David. Though David was not the only author, he did write more than any other contributor. He wrote exactly half of the 150 songs compiled for God’s people
Continue readingJoy is supernatural, it comes from God. Joy is dispensed from above before it ever becomes a reservoir within. It was “the joy of the Lord,” Ezra assured the disobedient and discouraged people of God, that would be their strength
Continue readingOne of the ways the Spirit of God ministers grace to us in times of trial is through music that is rich with biblical language and imagery. This does not necessitate the lyrics be direct quotations from Scripture, but many
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
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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.
