At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth […]
The Faith of the Longsuffering
If God be our Father, let us submit patiently to his will. If he lay his strokes on us, they are the corrections of a Father, not the punishments of a judge. Thomas Watson
Proverbs 14:34, Part 6 Righteousness of the Church
I. Pursue the kingdom The church is to seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness. First and foremost this means the proclamation of the gospel. This prompts the question, “what is the gospel?”
Faith Shown by Works
There are three things necessary to the well being of a church, and which are most considerable in the constitution of it. Those are doctrine, worship, and discipline. Matthew Henry
Word for the Day
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me; declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; calling a ravenous […]
The Secret to Joy
I am persuaded, O God, I am persuaded, that I can never be happy, till my carnal and corrupt affections be mortified, and the pride and vanity of my spirit be subdued, and till I come seriously to despise the world, and think nothing of myself. Henry Scougal
Word for the Day
His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Hebrews 1:3 (WEB)
Hope of Salvation
Let this truth also cause believers more to prize the Lord Jesus Christ. Consider that it is he, and he only, who defends you from wrath, and that he is a safe-defense; your defense is a high tower; your city of refuge is impregnable. There is no rock like your rock. There is none like […]
Word for the Day
He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah. Psalm 66:7
Resurrection or Rebellion
When any thing which is pleaded to belong unto religion or the worship of God is proposed to us, our first consideration of it ought to be in that inquiry which our Lord Jesus Christ made of the Pharisees concerning the baptism of John, “Whence is it? from heaven, or of men?” John Owen