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  • HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION

    Amazing Grace 1787 “K”—in Rippon’s Selection of Hymns, So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” (Hebrews 13:6). A believer’s stability for this life, as well as his confidence for eternity, rests solely on the written promises of God’s Word. The direction…

  • GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH

    Amazing Grace William Williams, 1717–1791 Since You are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of Your name lead and guide me. (Psalm 31:3) The need for daily guidance is one of the believer’s greatest concerns. How easily our lives can go astray without the assurance of divine leadership. Today’s featured text is one…

  • Prophecy & Indicators of Last Days, Part 4

    This post will contain 2 Esdras 16 there are parallels with the Revelation, Daniel, and Isaiah 26. Our God has everything well in hand, and we need to guard ourselves against fear, as this feeds the fallen realm. I truly believe demons consume agitated emotions, which would explain the motivation behind the incessant fear narrative…

  • I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY

    Amazing Grace Henry W. Longfellow, 1807–1882 And He will be their peace. (Micah 5:5) The cruel miseries caused by the Civil War greatly distressed the beloved American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With heaviness of spirit he put his thoughts into words to create this fine carol. Since he was the most influential American poet of…

  • THE FIRST NOEL

    Amazing Grace English carol, before 1823 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. (Luke 2:8) Although no Christmas season would be complete without the melodious singing of this tuneful carol, very little is known about its origin. It is believed to have had its rise…

  • Thank you, Father God

    In America today we celebrate Thanksgiving and reflect on the manifold blessings the Father of Lights has given us as individuals and families. How great is YHVH! His glory fills the earth and gorgeous landscapes replete with birdsong, deer and elk, falcons, eagles and frolicking squirrels and birds gracefully perched on bird feeders or suet…

  • Morning & Evening

    Such persons thought themselves safe because they were with both parties: they went with the followers of Jehovah, and bowed at the same time to Malcham. But duplicity is abominable with God, and hypocrisy his soul hateth. The idolater who distinctly gives himself to his false god, has one sin less than he who brings…

  • HEAVEN

    The Problem of PainC. S. Lewis It is requiredYou do awake your faith. Then all stand still;Or those that think it is unlawful business I am about, let them depart.SHAKESPEARE, Winter’s Tale Plunged in thy depth of mercy let me dieThe death that every soul that lives desires.COWPER OUT of Madame Guion ‘I reckon,’ said…

  • HELL

    The Problem of PainC. S. Lewis What is the world, O soldiers? It i I:I, this incessant snow, This northern sky;Soldiers, this solitude Through which we goIs I.W. DE LA MARE, Napoleon Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.SHAKESPEARE In an earlier chapter it was admitted that the pain which alone could rouse the…

  • DIVINE OMNIPOTENCE

    The Problem of PainC. S. Lewis Nothing which implies contradiction falls under the omnipotence of God. THOMAS AQUINAS, Summ. Theol., Ia Q XXV, Art 4 ‘If God were good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly happy, and if God were almighty He would be able to do what He wished. But the creatures…