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It is not mine to make God’s Word consistent, but to believe that it is so. When a text stands in the middle of the road I drive no further. The Romans had a god they called “Terminus,” who was the god of landmarks. Holy Scripture is my sacred landmark, and I hear a voice that threatens me with a curse…

One nation under God was their cry and declaration, Upon the law of Nature’s God they built a mighty Nation. For Unlike Mankind before them who had walked this earthen sod, These men would never question the Sovereignty of God. That all men were “created was a truth “self-evident,” To secure the rights…

Our American Birthright One nation under God was their cry and declaration, Upon the law of Nature’s God they built a mighty Nation. For Unlike Mankind before them who had walked this earthen sod, These men would never question the Sovereignty of God. That all men were “created was a truth “self-evident,”…

Colossians 4:5-6 5 When you are with unbelievers, always make good use of the time. 6 Be pleasant and hold their interest when you speak the message. Choose your words carefully and be ready to give answers to anyone who asks questions.[1] Matthew 5:13 13 You are like salt for everyone on earth. But…

Communion Order taken largely from a Communion Liturgy published by R. Kent Hughes. (Hughes, R. Kent. The Pastor's Book (pp. 447-449). Crossway.)

O, prize the word written; prizing is the way to profiting. If Caesar so valued his commentaries that for preserving them he lost his purple robe, how should we estimate the sacred oracles of God? “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.”—Thomas Watson, in The Morning Exercises.…

A pious lad, who had no place at home to pray in, went to the stable and climbed up into the hay-loft. But very soon someone came up the ladder and interrupted him. The next time he took care to pull the ladder up after him—a very useful hint for us. It would be well indeed if we could so completely…

The lawyer always says, “You had better be careful what you say, but when you go to law, never write anything. Hold back from the use of pen and ink, for that which is written remains.” When God writes His law in our hearts, He writes that which will never be blotted out. Once let Him take the pen in…

Think of your dear little one at home. He cannot yet read a letter in a book; he knows nothing of the things that his elder brother studies; but he knows his father. He may not know very much about his father; he could not certainly speak to others about his father’s business or his father’s wealth,…

I suppose that when the stones for the temple were quarried in the mountains, each one received a special mark from Solomon’s seal, marking it as a temple stone and perhaps denoting its place in the sacred edifice. This would be like the first inscription, “The Lord knows those who are his.” But the…

A simple Welsh friend believed that our Lord must have been a Welshman, “Because,” said he, “He always speaks to me in Welsh.” To me it has often seemed as if the well-beloved of my soul had been born in my native village, had gone to my school, and had passed through all my personal experiences, for…

I recollect when first I left my grandfather, with whom I had been brought up as a little child, how grieved I was to part from him. It was the great sorrow of my little life. Grandfather seemed very sorry, too, and we had a cry together. He did not quite know what to say to me, but he said, “Now child,…

Faith is like a metalworker who is about to prepare some work of fine art, such as smiths used to produce in the days of wrought iron. Faith, like a strong and vigorous smith, has love as its arm. Faith does not lift a finger without love. Faith believes and resolves, and then it proceeds to action,…

THE STORY I was born in 1725, and I died 1807. The only godly influence in my life, as far back as I can remember, was my mother, whom I had for only seven years. When she left my life through death, I was virtually an orphan. My father remarried, sent me to a strict military school, where the severity…

Ashley Goette awoke in the night to find her husband, Andrew, gasping for air and suffering cardiac arrest. She performed CPR for 10 minutes until paramedics arrived and took Andrew to the hospital. The next day, after Andrew was out of danger, Ashley entered the hospital where she gave birth to their…

Archaeologists uncovered a rare stone sign establishing the city limit of ancient Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius around 49A.D. The sign was uncovered when workers excavated a new sewer system and is a huge slab of travertine used to mark off a sacred, military, and political perimeter highlighting…

In Measure What Matters Most, John Doerr writes, “As Stephen Covey noted, ‘If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.’” Our actions must be leaning up against the right standard—God’s word. —Measure What Matters Most, 118. 2 Timothy…

Officials in India’s Hindu north have begun marking stray cows with bar codes in an effort to manage the growing problem of abandoned livestock. Many Hindus consider cows to be sacred, and as a result slaughtering the animals is illegal in many Hindu areas of India. Farmers are complaining that the large…

Kelly Brown Douglas, the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary claims, “A good starting point for understanding what the Bible says about sex is the Bible.” Douglas says that Paul did not teach a dualistic understanding…

When Nomura Takuyuki accepted Christ, his family disowned him. His father kicked him out of the house and declared him a non-person. They were upset because as the oldest son it would fall to him to take care of the kamidana, a miniature household altar to worship ancestors. Nomura knew that as a Christian…

A group of physics students from the University of Leicester in England did a research project on the ability of Noah’s ark to carry the number of animals necessary. Based on the Bible’s description of the ark they calculated it could have carried about 56,000 tons. That is equivalent to 2.15 million…

Background: This is an excerpt from an unpublished book by Brad Berglund. It explores the Christian adage: Wise men still seek him. What would it be like if modern seekers were with the wise men when they worshiped Jesus? Previously, Brought-Low had expressed his fears to a Pharisee in the temple (click…

In an article for FaithWorld, Tom Heneghan writes, “In the Netherlands, where faith has faded more dramatically than in many other parts of Europe, two churches close down on average every week. The sacred art left over is piling up in cellars and storerooms around the country.” --http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/05/03/as-dutch-churches-shut-their-sacred-art-finds-new-uses-abroad/…

In Flickering Pixels, Shane Hipps writes, “We must remember that the Bible is not merely—or even primarily—a collection of objective propositions. It is a grand story told through hundreds of different perspectives and diverse social settings. The message is multilayered, textured, expansive, and complex.”…

In a stunning admission, two ethicists working with Australian universities argue in the latest online edition of the Journal of Medical Ethics that if abortion of a fetus is allowable, so too should be the termination of a newborn. The two ethicists, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva write that…