Edward Taylor, Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children: But oh! a glorious hand from glory came Guarded with Angells, soon did Crop this flowere Which almost tore the root up of the same At that unlookt for, Dolesome, darksome houre. In Pray're to Christ perfum'de it did ascend, And Angells bright did it to heaven tend. …
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Hope in the Heartbreak
For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. (Romans 14:8-9) …
Be Braver Than Lions
"And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you." Deut. 28:10 "Be assured that ungodly men have a fear of true saints. They hate them, but they also fear them. Haman trembled because of Mordecai, even when he …
The Final Confession of Every Created Being
"At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:10-11 Herman Bavinck in The Sacrifice of Praise: The history of the world therefore ends in the unity of confession. One …
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Hope for the Hopeless
Romans 4:18 says of Abraham: "In hope he believed against hope." Against all earthly hope, Abraham believed in God and placed his hope in Him. Even though from the human perspective his having a son with Sarah was impossible, Abraham chose to hope in the God “who gives life to the dead and calls into …
When Christ Meets the Wretched
In Mark 5, Jesus encounters a man possessed by a legion of demons. This man was out of his mind, living among the tombs, doing great violence to himself, terrorizing all around him, and shrieking day and night. But he met Jesus. And Jesus changed his life. Jesus cast out the demons into a herd …
The Dearest Place On Earth
The Church is the creation of the Triune God whereby the Son reconciled sinners to God through His death on the cross so that we now have access to the Father through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:12-18). Why is the Church so important? The Church is the family of God founded upon the Son of …
The Doctrines of Grace, Including Election, are Your Life
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world. Ephesians 1:4 ESV The doctrine of election is a glorious truth for Christians. God chose you, before creation, to be His child through salvation in Christ. Charles Spurgeon spoke of how this doctrine filled him with joy. He noted how, when life …
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Why Your Faith Will Not Fail
“But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Luke 22:32 ESV The Lord Jesus was warning Peter and the other disciples that Satan wanted to pick them apart and destroy their faith. Jesus would soon be arrested and the disciples would all …
The World’s Wrath and the Gospel
In recent days we have witnessed the world's wrath directed against NFL players accused of domestic abuse. For many, the actions of these players violated their standards of right and wrong. A vocal contingent of sports media, sponsors, politicians, and outside observers have responded with righteous indignation. Consider the pattern of their response. When their …
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