Tag: God’s sovereignty

Luther: why should we make Him a liar who has given us such great promises and who commands us to be confident and undismayed?

May 12, 2012

   “But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them. And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations. Mark 13:9-10 ESV Pastor Coty Pinckney, in a … More Luther: why should we make Him a liar who has given us such great promises and who commands us to be confident and undismayed?

Spurgeon: Our road to glory runs by the rivers of grief

May 11, 2012

Have you ever read Psalm 105 and counted how many times either God says, “I DID___” or how many times the Psalmist says, “HE (God) DID ______”   Try it today! Here is one example from Psalm 105:16-17  When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,  he had sent a man ahead … More Spurgeon: Our road to glory runs by the rivers of grief

Providential Pit Stop

May 11, 2012

And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave, and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.  And the men of David said to him, “Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, … More Providential Pit Stop

All in all

May 1, 2012

For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.—Psalm 95:3 Charles Spurgeon, from the Treasury of David: No doubt the surrounding nations imagined Jehovah to be a merely local deity, the god of a small nation, and therefore one of the inferior deities; the psalmist utterly repudiates such an idea. Idolaters … More All in all

Raised and changed!

April 24, 2012

John Piper comments on 1 Corinthians 15:29-58, our “Read-through-the Bible” passage for today: Verse 50: “Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.” What does that mean? Is it a wholesale denial of the bodily resurrection? No. “Flesh and blood” simply means “human nature as we know it”—mortal, … More Raised and changed!

Sovereign Master

April 24, 2012

C. H. Spurgeon on Psalm 93 (Treasury of David): Whatever opposition may arise, his throne is unmoved; he has reigned, does reign, and will reign for ever and ever. Whatever turmoil and rebellion there may be beneath the clouds, the eternal King sits above all in supreme serenity; and everywhere he is really Master, let … More Sovereign Master