This morning I was reading Acts 6-8 which includes the sermon of Stephen and his ultimate stoning by those who heard it.
Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus [...]

Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven to earth come down;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling;
All thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation;
Enter every trembling heart.
Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit,
Into every troubled breast!
Let us all in Thee inherit;
Let us find that second rest.
Take away our [...]

“Heart-work is hard work indeed. To shuffle over religious duties with a loose and careless spirit, will cost no great difficulties; but to set yourself before the Lord, and to tie up your loose and vain thoughts to a constant and serious attendance upon him: this will cost you something. To attain ease and [...]

I haven’t posted a recipe for quite a while and this seems to be a good time to share our family’s current favorite soup recipe. It’s easy, quick, healthy and delicious, and the ingredients can be kept on hand to throw together when needed. It makes enough so a family of four will have leftovers. [...]

Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! Psalm 24:8-10
My [...]

Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne.
Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless King through all eternity.
Crown Him the virgin’s Son, the God incarnate born,
Whose arm those crimson trophies won which now His [...]

Grace
We stand before Good Friday and Easter,
the days of God’s overpowering deeds in history,
the deed in which God’s judgment and grace
were made visible to all the world:
Judgment, in those hours when Jesus Christ, the Lord,
hung on the cross.
Grace in the hour when death was devoured
by victory.
No human beings acted here.
No, God alone did this.
He walked [...]

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of [...]

Although it was many years ago, the memory of the moment I was brought to realize my need of the Savior is still vivid in my mind. I sat with my family in an old-fashioned tent meeting. The sermon had been preached, and a quartet was singing, “I was lost and undone, without God or [...]

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