Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved! Psalm 80: 3, 7, 19 Restore us, O God. Turn us back to You. Change us. Change our character, if not our circumstances. We need YOU, O God. Let Your face shine… we want to see You. “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make … More Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
Kim Riddlebarger, Senior Pastor at Christ Reformed Church, opened and closed his sermon on Joshua 23 with these comments: When Moses died, the people of Israel surely thought he could never be replaced. Years later when Joshua says farewell to his people, there can be no doubt that Joshua had shown himself to be a worthy successor … More Warnings from Joshua
John Piper, in a sermon on 1 Corinthians 7, “Satan Uses Sexual Desire,” Satan does not create sexual desire. It is good and he never produced anything good. His whole aim is to ruin what God created to be good. There are two ways you can ruin a pearl. You can cut it out … More Piper on Pearls, Pigs and Pendants
What, then, should we take with us from this section of Mark? [Chapter 3:20-35] The very fact that so many different and diverse people witnessed the miracles of Jesus with their own eyes and yet did not understand his mission or understand who he was, should remind all of us that unless God grants us understanding of … More Grant Us Eyes to See Jesus!
Entering the inhabited part of the old city, and winding through some crooked, filthy lanes, I suddenly found myself on turning a sharp corner, in a spot of singular interest; the “Jews’ place of Wailing.” It is a small paved quadrangle; on one side are the backs of low modern houses, without door or window; … More Psalm 79…Still Asking “How Long, O Lord?”
During this week leading up to our celebration of Jesus’ death and resurrection, it is exciting to see passages of Scripture that point us to Christ, even though we may not have seen it at first. Such was the case when I first read about the cities of refuge. But in my research, I came … More “Our Greater Joshua”-Jesus, Our Once-For-All Sacrifice
Psalm 78: 52 Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. C.H. Spurgeon comments on this verse in The Treasury of David: The contrast is striking, and ought never to have been forgotten by the people. The wolves were slain in heaps, the sheep were carefully gathered, … More All the way my Savior leads me
In Joshua 18-19, we read of the people of Israel casting lots for the way the land was to be alloted between the tribes. Should we follow that practice? This is what John Piper had to say in a recent “Ask Pastor John” Q: What do you think of casting lots to determine God’s … More God’s Will and Dice
In the passage for today, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such … More And such were some of you…
Mark 2: 25-26 And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful … More The Sword of the Spirit
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