"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
One of the most well-known and beloved English hymns is the hymn Amazing Grace. It was written in 1772 by a man named John Newton, whom God graciously came to and revealed to him the wretchedness – the miserable and damnable condition of his soul, and his destiny of Hell, apart from God’s saving grace
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In the 2016 United States presidential election, candidate Hillary Clinton in one of her now infamous speeches characterized ‘half” of Donald Trump’s supporters as “a basket of deplorables” and listed a number of unflattering characteristics that made them so. This was considered by a number of pundits as contributing to her unexpected loss to Trump
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My first Bible, at least the first one that I read, was a New Testament paperback put out by The American Bible Society titled, Good News for Modern Man. It was so titled as it was translated into modern English, primarily for those who had difficulty with reading the old and unfamiliar English found in
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Sinners in the Hands of a Magnificent, Marvelous, Majestic MERCIFUL and GRACIOUS GOD! was originally published in January 2023. “SALVATION IS OF THE LORD” (Jonah 2:9) (Psalm 3:8) (Psalm 62:1). This is a magnificent, marvelous, majestic truth proclaimed and demonstrated by God throughout the Bible, revealing to us His greatness and goodness displayed most prominently in
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One of the most influential books in regard to helping me grow in my relationship with our LORD Jesus Christ, my redeemer, is a book by theologian J.I. Packer, titled “Knowing God”. Packer made it very clear throughout the book that the Christian life was not just about gaining facts and information about God, but that
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I received the gift of salvation unto eternal life a good number of years ago while living in the Reformed Theology capitol of our nation, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Reformed theology emphasizes the Biblical truths of the sovereignty and holiness of God, and salvation by grace alone through faith in Jesus Christ, alone, apart from our
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I recently came across these words to an old hymn by John Newton, titled “I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow“, along with the related commentary below. Newton is most famous for the hymn, “Amazing Grace“. This hymn below reflects his prayer for God’s constraining grace that would put an end to his struggle
Once or twice a month I am privileged to teach the Bible at the local county jail. At times I will begin the session with the question, “Why are you here?”. Typically, the men attending will answer by reciting the various criminal offences that have made them “guests” of the county. Then I clarify the
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One of the earliest, most profound and sincere expressions of faith and redemptive hope found in the Bible comes from the lips of a man named Job. Job, a man who was declared by the LORD God Himself to be righteous (Job 1:8), experiences over a very short period of time wave after devastating wave
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The man is introduced to us as Adam and the woman as Eve. They are the crown of the eternal God’s glorious creation, the federal representatives of a race of beings created in the image and likeness, the beauty and magnificence of the infinitely glorious God, so that that they can come to know, love