The entirety of Psalm 34 reassures God’s oppressed people that He can deliver them. No matter how poor, oppressed, or downtrodden His people are, God is the ultimate deliverer and provides a refuge liken none other. The psalmist does not assume peace would automatically be given, but that peace would come by action. Some of the action verbs in this psalm include magnify, seek, look, cry, fear, listen, desire, turn away, and take refuge. Paul wrote to Christians in Romans 14:19 telling them to “make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.” Now – in…

“Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.”

This hymn, written by Helen Lemmel in 1922, was inspired by a tract written by Lilias Trotter. Trotter observed the difficulty of maintaining focus while living in a world that provides so many choices. Hebrews 12:1-2, “Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.”

God is so full of light John 1:5 says, “He IS Light.” He is not illuminated from…

A New and Precious Life Revealed To imagine what it would have been like for those who, in the first century, received the books of the New Testament which had just been written and sent to them is beyond comprehension. … Read More →

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            We tend to make the simple complex.  It makes us look smarter.  But that tendency does little to help anyone.  It takes longer to wade through even the simplest matters when they have been complicated in some way.  On the other hand, the most complex matters are easily dealt with when they have been simplified. 

            It may be that I am about to introduce the solution to a very complicated problem with a rather simplistic solution, but I don't think so.  The…

            A word is a wonderful thing.  Words are often aptly defined as vehicles of thought.  Technically, they are a speech sound which has meaning attached to it. So strong is the word attached to the thing it represents that the two cannot be separated.  Some have called words “signs of ideas”–and so they are.  They represent something.  They are not actually that thing, but they represent it so closely you cannot think of the thing without using the sign that represents it.

            Words…

Power of Positive Mom’s, Power of Positive Thinking, Learned Optimism, Blink: Positive Thinking; these are only a few of the hundreds of books on positive thinking. Most people don’t like to be around Debbie or Donald Downers. Negativity can suck the life out of an otherwise good day. Even the Bible speaks of positivity, “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones,” Prov. 17:22. But, have you ever wanted to shout, “I’m tired of being positive!” You smile when your thoughts are drawn to struggling family and friends. You say, “I’m fine,” when your…

Dallas, TX, January 1935, pp 526-28 - The following is an excerpt from gospel preacher W.L. Oliphant's last speech on the proposition The Scriptures Teach that a Child of God Who has Been Saved by the Blood of Christ Can So Sin as to be Finally Lost, and his last…

Like drowning swimmers, Christians are called to realize they cannot save themselves and instead must submit to God’s saving hand. This is done through humility of spirit. In speaking about humility, Peter told Christians to humble themselves “under God’s mighty hand.” This is another instance of anthropomorphism (i.e., the idea of ascribing physical qualities and characteristics to God). God’s mighty hand was a common metaphor used in the Old Testament (e.g., Exodus 13:3f; Deuteronomy 9:26f; Jeremiah 21:5). WE know pride is the opposite of humility, according to I Peter 5:5, so putting ourselves under God’s mighty hand is to ask…

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In All Things Charity A Latin quote: “unitatem in necessariis, in non necessariis libertatem, in omnibus caritatem.” Attributed to Marco Antonio de Dominis in his work De Repubblica Ecclesiastica, published in 1617, it is translated into English as “Unity in … Read More →

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Entering and Leaving Our Gethsemane Perhaps as we meditate, we should spend more time with Jesus in Gethsemane. On the night of His betrayal, that garden was filled with intense emotions. Do not just read what happened there but take … Read More →

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Resolving to Change Old Habits We are well into the New Year now, and how are things going for you? Perhaps you have made some New Year’s resolutions. That is something that many do, and then set out to follow … Read More →

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LAS EMOCIONES DE JESUS Muchas personas tienen una idea de un Jesús “seco”, un Cristo que no sonreía que no tenía expresiones de tipo “común y corriente, alguien que se aprecia más a un robot. Esta idea no está más … Read More →

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