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July 2015

July 07, 2015

Psalm 73

No doubt about it! God is good— good to good people, good to the good-hearted....

November 2014

November 07, 2014

Marriage

I listened to these two sermons today and they were the best sermons I've ever...

September 2014

September 04, 2014

What the 9th Commandment Means

1. God’s will is that I never give false testimony against anyone. 2. I twist...

June 2014

June 17, 2014

It’s Up to You

It doesn't seem to matter what sins your parents, your siblings, your spouse or your...

June 13, 2014

This Gift is for Us

Earlier today I was reading 2 Chronicles 7. It is at the part where Solomon...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Christian Submission

"The word submission, on its own, holds no moral value whatsoever. Submission could be noble,...

April 16, 2014

Repentance

"If we preach a “gospel” with no call to repentance we are preaching something other...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Awake, Awake

"The modern emphasis that God is a convenience and Jesus Christ so kindly died for...

February 2014

February 15, 2014

Discipline

I have often resented correction. It is rarely pleasant to have my sins brought to...

February 04, 2014

Answered Prayer No. 4

Today, I expected to see the lump that my doctor found a couple of weeks...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Free from Worry & Answered Prayer No. 3

I think perhaps the reason it is so easy for me to go sideways when...

January 14, 2014

Singed

Most of us go through life hearing dozens of reports and accusations about celebrities, athletes,...

January 08, 2014

John 9

"Being a Christian is often confusing. People try to interpret your experience for you, to...

January 01, 2014

The Art of Christianity

"It becomes one who is called to be a soldier, and to go a warfare,...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

MacArthur on Integrity

Ethical integrity is one of the indispensable attributes of Christlike character. As vital as it...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Live Advent Hope

Faith, love and hope, and the most human of these is hope: a girl hopes...

November 14, 2013

Blood-Stained Hands

I was particularly convicted by my devotional reading this morning. Calvin Seerveld was discussing Isaiah...

November 13, 2013

Sanctification

We met Jesus at the cross, but it’s foolishness for us to remain there, never...

November 08, 2013

Seerveld on Psalm 116

No matter how battered, abused, neglected, sin-ridden one be — if you live under a...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

What’s Your Name?

"God doesn't particularly value goody-good people. God loves bad people — deceiving, doubting, despairing, troubled...

October 25, 2013

Laying It Out

I finished reading The Pursuit of God. I cannot recommend it enough, but I feel...

October 22, 2013

Be Thou Exalted

I found a truly heart-wrenching prayer in A.W. Tozer's book, The Pursuit of God. Chapter...

October 10, 2013

As a Deer Pants for Water

"Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God,...

October 06, 2013

Commissioned Trouble

The disciples were commissioned to challenge the whole structure of the world, the way people...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Let Your Light Thus Shine

"Let me say this to you: live by the spirit, and you won't do what...