Good morning. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you today. I just received copies of Kathleen Neilson’s new four-book series and am immediately a fan. They are on sale this week at Westminster Books. A Brief History of How Friendships Like Yours Can Change the World “Every Christian wants to make a difference. But few of us know how to turn that desire into action. We look around at all the needs and opportunities, and we …
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May the God of love and peace be with you today. (Yesterday on the blog: When God Seems Deaf To Our Cries) Should We Watch for Signs from God? This is a really good answer from John Piper. “The Bible teaches the doctrine of God’s providence not in order to lead us away from the revealed will of God in his word, but in order to give us confidence that if we follow the revealed will of God in his …
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Joseph died a young man, his eyes hollow, his body gaunt, his stomach distended. He suffered deeply in those final days before he finally succumbed to the great hunger that had already claimed so many members of his family, so many of the people of his land and the ones surrounding it. As his breathing slowed, as his eyes closed, he thought back to a day not too long before. He remembered pleading and praying as his brothers, made mad …
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Good morning. May grace and peace be with you today. Comfort Facing Death “Do you ever think about your own death? Poets may come up with flowery words and philosophers may make scholarly statements that ring hollow when there is no connection with the Word of God. But in Psalm 139 God gives us the comfort we need when facing the end of our lives…” Communication’s Two Catastrophic Cousins “Joseph Stowell calls them ‘catastrophic cousins,’ and it wouldn’t be difficult to …
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As we rise today, then gather to worship, it is good to pray that all we do would be to the glory of God. Perhaps a prayer like this, drawn from the works of J.R. Miller, will orient your heart aright as you set out on another Lord’s Day. Jesus, who died for our sins, and rose again from the dead, we worship You on this Your day. You are the resurrection and the life. You brought life and immortality …
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