RSS FeedAN ENTHRALLING HISTORICAL PAGE-TURNER
I want to introduce you to one of the most enthralling works of literature that I have ever read. Between 1883 and 1888 Henryk Sienkiewicz wrote his trilogy: WITH FIRE AND SWORD, THE DELUGE, and FIRE IN THE STEPPE, for which he deservedly received the Nobel Prize in...
DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
SOUL FOOD: DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR THE HUNGRY, Volume 3: July, August and September is available on Amazon.com. It covers Independence Day, the Gospel Miracles, the "I AM's" of Jesus, Second Timothy, the Sermon on the Mount, Selected Psalms, the Parables of Jesus, and the...
LIBERATION FROM DECAY
Some of the most fundamental questions of human existence are “How do we make sense of the world around us? What is going on in the universe?” The teaching of the Bible and the perspective of Christian faith provides a map of reality that enables us to discover clues...
A PRAYER IN OLD AGE
My Lord, God, the awful burden I feel in ageing is that I am your useless servant. My body is lumpish and clumsy, its beauty gone; I am stiff on my thickened legs, and cannot speed about serving others and you. My thoughts seem not to come out clearly, and I irritate...
THE PURPOSE OF SUFFERING – THE END IN VIEW
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.” (Romans 8:18,19) “This paragraph, from verse 18 to verse 25, is the classic...
THE HOPE OF GLORY
“Glory” is a biblical word. It describes a state, a condition of life that reflects the presence of a pure and holy God. In Isaiah’s vision in the temple, when he saw the Lord seated on a throne, he heard the angels calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the...
DELIVERANCE FROM FEAR
“For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father’.” (Romans 8:15, NIV) “Nor are you meant to relapse into the old slavish attitude of fear-you have been adopted into the...
HOW TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT
“Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” (Romans 8:14) When Paul and his companions were traveling on their missionary journeys they were prevented by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. They tried to enter Bithynia, but...
THE MEANING OF SUFFERING
As we honor, on this Memorial weekend, those who have suffered and died on our behalf, we remember that the inheritance of Christ includes, not only glory, but also suffering: “we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:17)...
AT WITS’ END
They were at their wits’ end. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. (Psalm 107:27-28) Are you standing at “Wits’ End Corner,” Christian with troubled brow? Are you thinking of what is before you, And all you are...
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