"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
The following was originally posted in April 2023. It includes some minor revisions. Do you know the love of God? Do you personally, intimately and experientially know the width and length and depth and height of the love of Christ which passes (human) knowledge. The Apostle Paul prays for Christians in Ephesians 3:14-19 that we […]
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One of the most famous and glorious musical compositions ever written outside of the Psalms is Handel’s Messiah. It was composed in 1741 by George Fredric Handel as an English-language oratorio, which is defined as “a large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically a narrative on a religious theme, performed without the use of
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Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises
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I suspect that every mother desires great things for her children, that they will grow up and become successful, dignified, someone who others respect and look up to, someone a mother can be proud of. No mother had greater aspirations for this than Mrs. Zebedee, the mother of Jesus’ disciples, James and John, also known
The Hebrew term for peace, Shalom, is used over 200 times in the Old Testament and the Greek equivalent 91 times in the New Testament. It was/is a term used in Israel and among the Jewish people as a greeting or farewell – “shalom aleichem” (peace be unto you), response – “aleichem shalom” (unto you
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This was originally posted in May 2020. I have made some additions and revisions. Grace is the most glorious concept in Christianity and, as I noted in the previous post, is why I am a Christian. It is only over the past few years of my life as a disciple of Jesus Christ and as
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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We are told in 2 Timothy 3:1-4 that in the last days, the days between Jesus’ resurrection and second coming, men/mankind will become increasingly depraved and degenerate. We are provided with a list of how that depravity will be manifested and it includes being unthankful. I personally see this very clearly in our society today,
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The Bible reveals to us from Genesis to Revelation that God is good, that it is His essential nature and eternal disposition to be good; that all of His creation, all of His commandments, all of His promises, all of His providential actions throughout human history are expressions of His goodness – of His infinite
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The promise of eternal life, escape from perishing forever in the second death, and restoration to the glorious life and relationship with God for which man was created and lost because of sin, is a great and precious promise made by the eternal, triune God who created us for His glory; to know and behold
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