Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee. Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity! Holy, Holy, Holy! All the saints adore Thee, casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee, which wert and […]
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; be all else but naught to me, save that Thou art; be Thou my best thought in the day and the night, both waking and sleeping, Thy presence my light. Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word; be Thou ever with me, and I […]
“I hate my job. I go to work every morning, push buttons all day long, go home. When I get home, I’m so tired from the monotony of my ugly job, all I can do is sit in front of the TV and veg out.” Many people have this view of their jobs. Sometimes they […]
Here are some more quotes from Dr. Powlison’s article on Psalm 119. Besides reading Psalm 119 over and over again, I highly encourage your purchasing David’s article, Powlison, D. (2004). Suffering and Psalm 119. The Journal of Biblical Counseling, Number 4, Fall 2004. “Raw, unsmelted honesty is always perverted by the insanity of sin. Should […]
“…is where I go to learn utter and utterly appropriate honesty. Here I learn how to open my heart about what matters, to the person I most trust. I plainly affirm what I most deeply love. I’m candid about my deepest ongoing struggles. I express pure delight. I lay the sufferings and uncertainties I face […]
The following are areas of the Christian walk the normal Christian is participating in. When Jesus said, “let him deny himself, and take up your cross daily, and follow me” (Lk 9:23), this is what he was talking about. There is a temptation to read this list and turn it into a series of academic […]
I was asked my opinion of a blog post by a Biblical counselor who was talking about reconciliation, trust building, and repentance. The main point of the post was that forgiveness can happen immediately, but sometimes reconciliation and rebuilt trust takes a bit longer, and sometimes trust is never regained at all. I generally agree […]
Generally speaking, Christians know how to deal with sin. We confess our sin to God and to whoever we sinned against (1 Jn 1:9), we repent and ask for forgiveness (Lk 17:4), we forgive, and then we hug (hugging is very important). But does all this mean that everything is automatically back to the way […]
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s” (Ex 20:17) Recently, there has been a lot of talk about whether there are sins that are not outside the body. […]
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