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Downcast and caustic
January 20, 2026
"Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation." (Psalm 42:5) "And Paul...
When silence is not complicity
January 14, 2026
"Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: 'Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?'" (Job 38:1-2) January 14, 2026 Dear...
A new year of discovery
January 6, 2026
"For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be...
Completely
December 30, 2025
"Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus...
The light of his countenance
December 20, 2025
"Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love!" (Psalms 31:16) December 20, 2025 Dear friends, This morning, my wife and I read Psalm...
Distinguishing marks
December 12, 2025
"...how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers...
True worship
December 8, 2025
"But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to...
His people
November 26, 2025
"Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." (Psalm 100:3) "And you shall be my...
A place at the table
November 22, 2025
"For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each...
Every reason to believe
November 9, 2025
"...but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in...
What now?
November 6, 2025
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high...
A Christian conservative
October 30, 2025
"They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace." "Thus says the LORD: 'Stand by the roads, and look, and...
Get dressed
October 8, 2025
"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires." (Romans 13:14) “Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps...
Confidence
October 4, 2025
"Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward." (Hebrews 10:35) April 4, 2025 Today I'm thinking about confidence. Namely, what am I...
Not in vain
September 3, 2025
"But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.”...
What is to come
August 31, 2025
"I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done,...
The generations
August 23, 2025
"He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might...
Witnesses
August 21, 2025
"And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world." (1 John 4:14) August 21, 2025 Dear friends, Sometimes we make...
Intentional worship
August 11, 2025
"For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. By their approval of...
Ascents
August 2, 2025
"But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the LORD from this...
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