If any of you are watching the Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks, you know that it’s been raining in Denver. We live at an altitude 2200 ft. higher than Denver, so instead of rain we had our first snowfall of the season. The ground is still warm and it melted as soon as it hit [...]

When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
Not a shadow can [...]

Our bodies are not supported by merely taking food into the mouth, but the process that really supplies the muscle and the nerve and the sinew and the bone is the process of digestion. It is by digestion that the outward food becomes assimilated with the inner life. Our souls are not nourished merely by [...]

Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering…. The love of God did not protect His own Son…. He will not necessarily protect us - not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and [...]

It’s October Giveaway time at Challies‘ website, and the prizes are grand. They’re provided by Ligonier Ministries, so be sure to check out their website for other great resources.
* First prize: One case (Forty copies!) of The Truth of the Cross by R.C. Sproul along with a copy of Jesus the [...]

Lord Jesus,
I sin–Grant that I may never cease grieving because of it,
never be content with myself,
never think I can reach a point of perfection,
Kill my envy, command my tongue,
trample down self.
Give me grace to be holy, kind, gentle, pure, peaceable,
to live fore thee and not for self,
to copy thy words, acts, spirit,
to be transformed into [...]

Today’s local newspaper ran an article from the New York Times regarding the use of a mature video game as a means of drawing young people to church. The article, “Thou Shalt Not Kill–Except In A Video Game At Church?” reads, in part:
First the percussive sounds of sniper fire and the thrill of the [...]

Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!
He, whose Word cannot be broken,
Formed thee for His own abode.
On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
Thou may’st smile at all thy foes.
See! the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love;
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of [...]

“The Sermon on the Mount produces despair in the heart of the natural man, and that is the very thing Jesus means it to do, because immediately we reach the point of despair we are willing to come to Jesus Christ as paupers and receive from Him. “Blessed are the poor in spirit”–that is the [...]

While I was in a craft store on Saturday, Harry went into the Christian bookstore next door while waiting for me. We don’t venture into them very often, and were once again reminded why we don’t. Anyway, as we walked toward the music section, we heard some excessively loud music and singing, but it certainly [...]