A Season of Thanksgiving As Americans, we just finished celebrating a time of Thanksgiving with our loved ones. It is such a blessed holiday where we are given the privilege of remembering to be thankful. In our modern era, the conditions under which we celebrate Thanksgiving are often very comfortable. We have air conditioner and heat to control the environment around us. … [Read more...] about Let’s Live Continually Thankful
The Desire of Wisdom
A Dire Contrast The book of Proverbs is filled with contrasting forces. Lady wisdom and woman folly are each described in detail and are obviously complete opposites (Proverbs 9). The path of the wise is laid out over the course of the whole book while the way of the fool is also depicted. The man who delights in his wife contrasted the one who commits immorality with the … [Read more...] about The Desire of Wisdom
The Majestic Praise of Creation
He Made It Beautiful Whenever God made the world He did so in such a way as to reflect the magnificence of Himself. Not that the created order is as glorious as God, but that it was made in such a way as to testify to His beauty. Instead of simply making the earth one hulking rock, He dotted the landscape with trees. Growing, powerful trees whose leaves and bark are filled … [Read more...] about The Majestic Praise of Creation
An Unwavering Zeal For God’s Glory
Two Different Motivations As the Sermon on the Mount unfolds, there are two very critical opposing forces present within the entirety of our Lord’s teaching. One is the exposure of the hypocritical religious leadership of His day, the other is the sincere devotion to God to which we as Christians are called. Christ exposes the false righteousness of the Pharisees … [Read more...] about An Unwavering Zeal For God’s Glory
The Desires of The Heart
Getting Down To The Root Scripture informs us as to the depths of our sinfulness before the holy God. We rebel outwardly disobeying His perfect commandments turning aside from His way (Romans 3:12). After our father Adam, we are born sinners (Psalm 51:5 and Romans 5:12-13). Our sin issue goes down to the depths of our heart which Scripture testifies to saying “The heart is … [Read more...] about The Desires of The Heart