Jonah 2 contains a wonderful prayer for deliverence. God has brought disobedient Jonah so low that the only place he could look was up. God did deliver Jonah, and used him to bring repentance to the wicked city of Niniveh.
Consider also the Messaianic implications of Jonah being in the “lower parts of the earth” for [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 28, 2008
Jonah: A Prayer For Deliverence
July 24, 2008
The Praise of Hannah
The Old Testament woman Hannah was without a child for many years. In Old Testament days, being childless was perceived as being a shameful, embarassing thing; even a curse from God. Having no child grieved this godly woman greatly, and she prayed that God would remove her shame. God answered her prayer and granted her [...]
July 22, 2008
The Prayer of King Solomon
You can often tell how one respects a person by how he speaks to him, and it is so with God when we pray. This prayer is the first of a series I will be doing on beautiful prayers of the Bible.
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all [...]
July 16, 2008
The Cost of Following Christ
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9
I have seen this verse used many times as the magic formula for salvation. How many people have been told this is how they are to be saved? [...]
July 7, 2008
A.W. Tozer on Worship
Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that mose ancient Mystery, that Majesty which philosophers call the First Cause but which we call Our Father Which Art in Heaven.
July 5, 2008
Quote of the Day: Machen on Controversies
J. Gresham Machen was known for his defense of Scriptural truth. In a 1932 speech, Machen addressed those who made the claim that it is not loving to be discerning, and that we should never point out error or speak out against falsehood. Machen refers to one specific instance where a professor was challenging his [...]
July 3, 2008
Where are the faithful young men and women?
Thank you, John Piper, for articulating what has been on my heart so often recently. Why is their so little love of God and zeal for the truth among young people today? Let’s get over emotional buzzes and realize that God deserves our everything…not just a trip to a hip youth conference with a famous [...]
