God is the One whose righteousness reaches up to the heavens (v. 19). That’s good news too, because “there is no perfect life, no perfect job, no perfect childhood, no perfect marriage, and no set of people who always do what we expect them to do. “What we do have is a perf...
It may be rendered," My heart is boiling over with a goodly theme: I speak: my work is for a King: may my tongue be as the pen of a ready writer!" Here we have a striking illustration of the words of the Apostle Peter, "Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy...
Our readings centre on Acts, omitting Stephen’s long, but very impressive and persuasive sermon. This are supported by a reading from 2 Chronicles, where Zechariah (an earlier Zechariah – not the father of John the Baptist) is stoned to death for speaking God’s Word. Psalm 31, which in...
But is this what Jesus really meant for us to do? Don’t you feel a bit like a pest asking this way?The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray (Luke 11:1-4), but then Jesus gave them an un-asked-for illustration to make His point (vv. 5-8)....
God is on my side! That’s the good news for this week. If you are a Christ-follower you need never wonder or waver - God is on your side! Write it down. Take it to the bank. It’s true and it’s powerful!
Short’s Sermon on Genesis 6 From the rough text notes from Niel Short’s sermon: We should notice a few important features of this text. First off, God did not expect the creation to turn out this way. In fact, God is ready to wipe out something about which he had earlier said ...
A Sermon on Isaiah xxvi. By John Knox. [In the Prospectus of our Publication it was stated, that one discourse, at least, would be given in each number. A strict adherence to this arrangement, however, it is found, would exclude from our pages some of the most talented discourses of ...
“Some people do good because the law requires it. Others do good because love desires it.” Copy Sermon to Clipboard with PRO Philippians: Letters from PaulLiving out the Gospel With this series from Philippians, guide your congregation into Paul's vision for the bride of...
Thought:https://www.navigators.org/resource/the-wheel-illustration/ Balanced Christian Life – The Obedient and Fruitful Christian in Action: Leading a Christ-Jesus-centered and fruitful Christian life is effectively made up of living out the privileges of our new identity in Christ. ...
First published anonymously inThe Public Advertiserin 1782, and then inThe Taskin 1785, “John Gilpin” has been rendered into a number of children’s books, notably by Randolph Caldecott in 1878 – his illustration of Gilpin on his wild run has even become the symbol of the esteemed children...