"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
In my previous post I looked at King David’s writing in the Psalms of his deep affections for the “law of the LORD (YAHWEH)” or “law of God” (Psalm 1:1-3) (Psalm 19:7-11) (Psalm 119:1-97). I noted that what he was referring to as “law” were the truths and instructions revealed in the first five books […]
The beginning of a new year is typically a time when we make what are referred to as New Year’s resolutions. A resolution is a firm decision, a strong determination, an unwavering promise we make to ourselves or to others of our intent to live differently – to accomplish certain goals and objectives that we
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It is once again the “Christmas Season”, a season that historically centered on the celebration of Jesus Christ, and His coming into this world some 2000 years ago. We see in front of churches, homes and in city squares representations of His humble birth in a stable, with Him lying in a manger below the
The Protestant Reformation was a religious movement that began in the 16th century, aiming to reform the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church that saw salvation as requiring both faith and men’s good works, including compliance with the Church’s sacramental system for man to be made right with God. This was contrary to the
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“Salvation” – the act of being saved, is a big word in terms of what it encompasses in both the dictionary definition and what it represents in the Bible. It is defined in the dictionary as the state or experience of being rescued from peril or danger, protected from harm or kept from calamity, loss
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The link below is to a sermon that I have listened to a number of times over the past few days and found it both enlightening and encouraging to my soul regarding the evil events in our nation over the past few weeks and the plight of living in this present evil age/world, a world Jesus
“I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living” Psalm 27:13 Psalm 27, from which the above passage was taken, was written by King David, Israels greatest King, through whose kingly lineage came the eternal messianic king, the LORD Jesus
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This is a significantly revised version of a post with the same title from December 2021 The Bible has many descriptive names for the one referred to in Revelation 12:9, as the “great dragon”, “the serpent of old”, “the Devil and Satan”. These and a number of other names/titles for him found in scripture represent
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This was also originally part of a series I posted in October/November 2021 “exposing” the person and works of the devil. Some revisions have been made. I would like to continue considering the why question regarding God’s purpose in the creation of Satan/the devil and subsequently allowing the evil and destruction that he and his
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