“Preachers are “God’s fellow workers” (2 Cor. 6:1). Their efforts are not causative in power, but they may be instrumental in function (1 Cor. 3:5-9)… God does use preachers, but they don’t shake anything up. It is God himself who raises his deadened church to life. Therefore our self-exaltation is preposterous. The great principle driving all of history applies with …
Behold, The Promise of God is Pure “Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” – Psalm 12:5 In Psalm 12, David is surrounded by a world in disarray, where the faithful are disappearing and deceit is rampant. He cries out, …
“For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.” Psalm 5:12 Devotion: As we revisit Psalm 5, we recognize it as a reflection on how God interacts with His people in a world rife with injustice. We are all aware of the brokenness around us and may have experienced it personally. This raises …
“This morning’s faith will never do for this noon. The faith of this noon will never do for suppertime. The faith of suppertime will never do for the time of going to bed. The faith of midnight will never do for the next morning. Thank God for the reality for which we were created, a moment-by-moment communication with God Himself. …
Eroded Foundations “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” – Psalm 11:3 In the last article we considered how the world was falling apart around David. And in verse 3 David finds himself listening to a friend who is overwhelmed by the cultural chaos around them. His friend feels helpless and asks, “If the foundations are destroyed, …
“Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you. But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in …
“My friend Ray once told me we have the choice of being impressive or being known, but we can’t be both. I’m not sure I agree (especially since I’m impressed by people who aren’t trying to impress!), but I get his basic point. What we try to do with our efforts to impress is subterfuge. We put up a façade …
Baseball Is Still Baseball Buck O’Neill has become one of my favorite people of all time. He was a legendary Negro League baseball player who died in 2006 at the age of 94. If you get a chance to watch a video of him or read anything about him, you won’t be disappointed. In a book titled The Soul of …
“For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.” Psalm 5:9 Devotion: From the earliest age, telling the truth is something that gets instilled in us. And yet, children lie, they see others lie, and they learn the power of deception. Even from something as …
“Communion presupposes union. By nature we are strangers, yea, enemies to God; but we are reconciled, brought nigh, and become his children, by faith in Christ Jesus. We can have no true knowledge of God, desire towards him, access unto him, or gracious communications from him, but in and through the Son of his love. He is the medium of …
