We set our hope on the LORD, He is our help and shield. Ps.33:20 Lord God Almighty, Thou has taught me the necessity of a Mediator, a Messiah, to be embraced in love with all my heart, as king to rule me, as prophet to guide me, as priest to take away my sin and […]
“The LORD was with the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But they failed to drive out the people living in the plains because the people there had iron chariots.” Judges 1:19 ESV January is for me a month to take stock of the past year and recalibrate for the […]
I don’t know about you, but my life seems to be a cyclical learning of lessons that keep coming around to be re-learned. The uprooting of unbelief and learning to rely on all God has shown Himself to be, is for me a continuing lesson. Different aspects of this unbelief show their face as I […]
It’s Reformation Day! Five-hundred years ago today Martin Luther publicized ninety-five propositions for debate–points where he said the church was in error and in violation of what was taught in the Bible. His arguments centered around the practice of indulgences, the idea that forgiveness could be secured with money. He argued that this practice short-circuited […]
They all made plans to come and fight against Jerusalem and to bring about confusion there. But we prayed to our God and guarded the city day and night to protect ourselves… —For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.—We have faithfully preached the truth. God’s power has been working in us. We […]