There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: the way of a man with a maid. – Prov. 30:18-19 At this time of year, the stores are filled with pink decorations. The center aisle is filled with candy with red and pink wrappers and shaped like […]
Note: Recommended reading: Belgic Confession Articles 21 and 22 We as God’s children have been given a most wondrous gift that at times we all overlook. That gift is faith (Phil. 3:8, “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.”) So many in today’s world […]
Book Review: Veith, Gene Edward. God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2011. A tired ear bends to yet another wail from the bassinet, the dryer buzzes, the full sink beckons to be emptied, boiling water awaits added ingredients, bedspreads lay wrinkled and forlorn, the phone rings, […]
“Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.” Proverbs 27:18 Proverbs 27:18 reveals the wisdom of God in Jesus Christ with regard to our relationships to our employers. The wisdom of God is infinitely deeper than our own, and this text is evidence […]
Did you know that Paul, the author of the epistle to the Colossians, did not start the church there and was actually never able to visit the believers in Colossae? The church in Colossae was established by a man named Epaphras, who had been converted by Paul’s preaching in nearby Ephesus. Nevertheless, Paul and Timothy […]
“Each succeeding generation, at thy mighty word appears; Thou dost count in times duration, one day as a thousand years. Death with swift and sudden warning, calls us from life’s dream away. Like the grass green in the morning, withered ere the close of day.” Such is the reality of human existence. Is it […]
“He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labors much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it.” Augustine “The Lord enjoins every one of us, in all the […]
Why has this happened to me? How is this for my good? It is so easy for us to complain when things don’t go our way and when things upset us. We have all had a time when we thought that we knew best and that God should have given us what we asked […]
It has nearly been a year since the first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was detected in the United States (Jan. 20, 2020) and more than a year since the first case was diagnosed in the world (Dec. 31, 2019).[1] Governors across the United States have imposed a number of lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, and […]
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Eccl. 12:1, 13) As you near the end of high school or embark on college, you are probably asking yourself, “What […]