"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
This was originally posted in December 2022. I have made some minor revisions, Grace is one of the most glorious, pervasive and essential truths in the Bible. It is why I am a Christian. And, according to scripture, it is the only reason anyone is a Christian (Ephesians 2:4-5). I previously wrote on the glory […]
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I began this blog over four years ago in the midst of COVID mania. It was the means by which I could best keep my mind on things above and not on the madness of this earth in obedience to God’s command in Colossians 3:1-2, and to present God’s offer of true peace, comfort and
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It has been my deepest desire to glorify God in these posts, and my daily prayer that God would use them to elevate our affections for His Son, our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, through both my writing and your reading of them. I must acknowledge however, that none of the posts I have written
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Human life is inherently precious. Man was created by God in the image and likeness of God, crowned with glory and honor such that we would know and be known by God, love and be loved by God, enjoy and be enjoyed by God, not as divine equals but as beloved children, trusting in the
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The conclusion of the 2024 Olympics in Paris was marked by singing of the “great” American anthem exalting human autonomy, self-determination, self-will and ultimately self-worship, namely the Frank Sinatra classic, My Way. This was of course after having in the opening ceremony, a blasphemous parody of Leonardo da Vincci’s “The Last Supper”, a painting depicting
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The above title is not an invitation to behold – to gaze intently upon – to give full attention to the object of our worship, although this would be most appropriate if the object of our worship is Jesus Christ (John 1:14) (Hebrews 12:2) (Colossians 3:1-2). In fact, it is only in beholding Him that
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O’ come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! Psalm 95:6 Mankind was created in the image of God to be worshipers of God – of the one true God – to pursue and experience our greatest joy, our greatest pleasure, our ultimate satisfaction and significance in knowing
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(The following was first posted in July 2020) The term glory is a term rarely used or understood in our modern society. Its dictionary definition is that of effulgence (brightness or outshining of an object such as a star); the weightiness or value of an object, event or person; the measure of someone or something’s
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(The following was first posted in July 2020) “O that a new man would rise up within me and conquer the man that I am.” Author Unknown The above is a quote I heard or read a number of years ago. I don’t remember the context in which I heard or read it and have
A number of years ago I was reading or listening to an interview with Joni Eareckson Tada, a Christian author, artist and singer, who had been paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident at age 17. Her story is one of growing from deep anger and bitterness toward God to being able to,
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