In any museum we will find quite ordinary things – clothes, a walking stick, a pen, pieces of furniture – which are only of value because they were possessed and used by some great person. It is the ownership which gives them worth. It is so with the Christian. The Christian may be a very [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 22, 2008
Summer Internship
I haven’t had much time to blog here lately, and I don’t know if I will in the days to come either. I am beginning a ministry internship on Sunday, and I’m really not sure how much free time I have. I am very excited about the opportunity, though, and I’m looking forward to learning [...]
May 17, 2008
Not Ashamed of the Gospel
I just had to repost this video by Paul Washer addressing church growth strategies. Once again, he hits on the head. I have said it many times before, we don’t need to have big churches. God measures success by a different standard. We need to be faithful and preach the Gospel. Why? Because it shouldn’t [...]
May 8, 2008
Hymn for the Day
I love this hymn, written by Isaac Watts. I believe the refrain that was added later, 1885 to be exact, is frankly awful and not in keeping with the spirit and message song. Thus, I have left it out.
Alas! and did my Savior bleed
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a [...]
May 4, 2008
In the Name of Jesus
Much has been said recently about what transpired at the National Day of Prayer Task Force event at Capitol Hill, and rightly so. I am frightened and troubled that the evangelical church in America finds Jesus’ name an item that is unimportant and easily discarded. It is lightly set aside to further political ends and achieve notariaty. [...]
May 4, 2008
Psalm 29: A Psalm of David
Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
The voice of the LORD is [...]
