“And what I am doing I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for...
This love, in the Greek, is Agape love, a love which comes from God and is divine love because God is love. It is a love centered in moral preference and it prefers what God prefers, which is what is holy, righteous, godly, upright, morally pure, honest, and faithful. It prefers to leave our...
A friend is a friend until he isn’t,
Until he cuts into your heart an incision,
Until he murders you in mind, and in his soul,
Until he leaves you brokenhearted, and not whole.
A friend may be shallow and dismissive,
Whose hidden desires come to the surface,
For he can’t hold them back now...
So many lies. So many secrets. So many things hidden, covered and disguised in order to fool, to deceive, to manipulate. So much fakery and hypocrisy. So many pertinent facts and details willfully withheld, and purposefully omitted, in order to deceive naïve and unsuspecting minds and/or to...
Friday, March 31, 2017, 8:36 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Isaiah 54 (Select vv. ESV, in reverse order).
A Massive Departure (vv. 9-11a)
“This is like the days of Noah to me:
as I swore that the waters of...
Sunday, February 26, 2017, 2:02 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Seek the Lord.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 John 1 (NASB).
We Proclaim Him (vv. 1-4)
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and...
Sunday, December 4, 2016, 5:27 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “The Lord’s Anointed.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Acts 19:8-20 (Select vv. ESV).
Speak Boldly (vv. 8-10)
Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the...