“One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.” (Psalm 27:4 ESV) Of the seven natural wonders in the world, the Grand …
Month: January 2011
The Gospel and Change
This past Sunday's sermon from Romans 6:1-15 ("Grace to Change") emphasized the fact that we have all the grace we need to change because of our union with Christ. Our union with the death of Christ has produced a permanent change to us: we are free from the power and domination of sin. Our union …
Waste Nothing on the Meanness of Life
“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV) In his excellent biography of Winston Churchill, Paul Johnson notes one of the lessons to be learned from …
Higher Thoughts & Higher Ways
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV) John Wesley once said, “Bring me a worm that can comprehend man, and then I …