The second stanza of Psalm 119 is perhaps the most well-known in the psalm, and it is addressed to a “young man.” The word refers to any young man who is not of marital age. This is the sense of the word as Solomon used it in Proverbs. But the instructions in this verse are […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (1/18/09)John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion: …the pious mind realizes that the punishment of the impious and wicked and the reward of life eternal for the righteous equally pertain to God’s glory. Besides, this mind restrains itself from sinning, not out of dread of punishment alone; but, because it loves and reveres God as […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Worship (Calvin)Not only has the Shepherds’ Fellowship (a resource outgrowth of the Shepherds’ Conference held annually at Grace Community Church in Southern California) redesigned their website, but they have also made available all the audio from 2001 – 2008 for free! In order to access the audio, you will need to create an account, but that […]
Read More Free Shepherds’ Conference audioG. K. Chesterton, What’s Wrong with the World?: The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
Read More Today’s Quote – Spiritual Life (Chesterton)Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man: The love which a pious man bear to God and goodness, is not so much by virtue of a command enjoining him so to do, as by a new nature instructing and prompting him to it; nor doth he pay his devotions as an […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Spiritual Disciplines (Scougal)Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening: Happy are we to have God’s Word always to guide us! What were the mariner without his compass? And what were the Christian without the Bible? This is the unerring chart, the map in which every shoal is described, and all the channels from the quicksands of destruction to the […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Bible (Spurgeon)Jonathan Edwards, “The Scripture is the Word of God:” …if you let the Word of God alone, and never use [it],…you can’t expect the benefits of it…you must not only hear and read, etc., but you must have it sunk down in your heart. Believe. Be affected. Love the Word of God. Written in your […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Bible (Edwards)It is easy to presume that Psalm 119 is only about Scripture — a defense of the authority and power of God’s Word. It is. And it isn’t. Psalm 119 is also about the love the writer has for God’s Word. The entire psalm reflects the happiness of a man in love with God. There […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (1/11/09)James Boice, “Whatever Happened to God?”: To worship God is to ascribe to him supreme worth, for he alone is supremely worthy. Therefore, the first thing to be said about worship is that it is to honor God. Worship also has bearing on the worshiper. It changes him or her, which is the second important […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Worship (Boice)John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion: Surely the church of Christ has lived and will live so long as Christ reigns at the right hand of the Father. It is sustained by his hand; defended by his protection; and is kept safe through his power.
Read More Today’s Quote – Church (Calvin)Charles Bridges, Psalm 119: Then let me begin my morning with the inquiry, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?”…Let me trade with all my talents for thee: ever watchful, that I may be employed in thy work; setting a guard upon my thoughts, my lips, my tempers, my pursuits, that nothing may hinder, […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Obedience (C. Bridges)Stuart Scott, The Exemplary Husband: Only the heart that truly knows and walks with God can even begin to look like the heart of God. A husband will bear good fruit in his character and work only when the thoughts an intentions of his heart seek God, love God, and desire to glorify God. Such […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Husbands (Scott)Here are a variety of interesting links that I’ve noted over the past couple of weeks, but haven’t been able to work into a blog: Justin Taylor synthesized a detailed response to Newsweek’s recent article, “Our Mutual Joy,” denigrating the Biblical position that opposes homosexual marriage. Al Mohler has also offered a variety of responses […]
Read More A short grab bag of linksIn our weekly Bible reading plan, today is a day of reflection. As I think back over the passages we’ve read in the past week (Genesis 1-17; Ps. 1-6), it is sobering how rapidly the story of sin progresses. Just think through the major narrative stories in these first chapters in Genesis: Genesis 3 — […]
Read More Bible reading reflectionsRandy Alcorn, Heaven: Satan need not convince us that Heaven doesn’t exist. He need only convince us that Heaven is a place of boring, unearthly existence. If we believe that lie, we’ll be robbed of our joy and anticipation, we’ll set our minds on this life and not the next, and we won’te be motivated […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Heaven (Alcorn)
