Posted in The Gospel, Misc, Sovereignty, Christian Living, Christian Culture on Jun 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die…
It was John Calvin who recommended that we take periodic walks through the graveyard so that we (and our children) are constantly reminded of the reality of death. To me that sounds like […]
Posted in Christian Culture, Prayer on Jun 20th, 2008 8 Comments »
In Matthew 5:3 Jesus says:
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Recently, while reading through the minor prophets in the Old Testament, the subject of mourning has intrigued me –for mourning was certainly a common thing in Old Testament Israel. But not only is it common in Old Testament Judaism, it’s also mentioned […]
Posted in Christian Living, Prayer, Puritans on Jun 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
“…we should pray that we may learn to be thankful to Him for those mercies we have received from Him. For if God should bestow mercies upon us unasked we would forget them…What we win with prayer, we wear with thankfulness. And what we get without prayer, we spend and use without any lifting up […]
Posted in Church, Worship, Christian Culture on Jun 4th, 2008 5 Comments »
The usage of the word ‘Blasphemy’ is sometimes casually thrown around by Fundamentalists in our day, almost to the point that using it in reference to an evangelical, protestant church has robbed it of its true definition and force. The dictionary defines blasphemy as irreverence, cursing God, or profaneness towards things holy and sacred, etc. […]
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