Romans 8:28-29 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Based on this […]
Coram Deo
This morning at Evangel I preached through Ephesians 4:17-32. Commenting on verse 29 “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear…” I mentioned that Augustine had a sign hanging over his dinning […]
The Comfort of Simple Things
I’m working—well puttering and musing in my study this wonderful Saturday morning and I realize that I have no candle burning. After an unusually warm February week the air turned a bit colder this morning. Not cold enough to keep the birds from singing in the trees overhead. Not cold enough to keep the spring […]
You Are the One Who Lifts Up My Head
[Photo by Ben White] Back in October of 2016 the devil made a mistake and tried to discourage me. That made me turn to the Lord in prayer and ask some close friends to pray for me… When I woke up the Lord had lifted up my head… then he put this Psalm into my […]
Resolved
Resolved. When I listen to music just to close my eyes and listen to music–perhaps to stare into the fire but nothing more. When I read, to give myself to reading alone, tasting the words for their flavor and not rushing across the page. When I walk, just to walk. When I listen, to listen […]
Walking Off The Size of My Inheritance
Spending this quiet evening with an old friend, Fred Craddock. He has a way of saying the most profound things like this nugget: “I know I need to be scolded. I need to be corrected. I need to be instructed and exhorted and I need to be called to repentance. But I also need for […]