How should I pray for someone?

How should I pray for someone?

We’ve just restarted a program in our church, something we did years ago, but that fell by the wayside.  It’s good that we’ve picked it up and resown the seed.  The program is an official “pray for your church family” list, with a new list coming out each week of seven individuals or families to…

The Christmas Narrative

The Christmas Narrative

Merry Christmas!  Today is the day we celebrate Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ.  Most of the world celebrates the day, but not all celebrate the event.  Many have not even heard the story surrounding Jesus’ birth.  I thought I would fix that for those who may read this.  Below is a link to a…

Living by Faith on the Son of God

A hymn from The Psalmist, #536, written by Philip Doddridge. BLEST Jesus, while in mortal fleshI hold my frail abode,Still would my spirit rest on thee,My Saviour and my God. On thy dear cross I fix my eyes,Then raise them to thy seat;Till love dissolves my inmost soul,At my Redeemer’s feet. Be dead, my heart,…

Actively Seek Peace, Pursue Peace, Live Peaceably

Does the world seem angry to you? Do you wonder why we’re so argumentative, fighting at the drop of a hat? Why is it so easy to respond angrily to anything? It seems that if someone has the audacity to disagree, even slightly, we take umbrage, take offense, get upset, and tell the world how…

To the Rationalizing Intellect

While looking for something in my wife’s files I ran across this poem she wrote over 50 years ago. It’s amazing how time flies and things remain the same, even while they change every day. I think she wrote it while in high school, yet even today the thoughts are true, as they were over…

Thanksgiving for the Righteousness of Christ

Thanksgiving for the Righteousness of Christ

Augustus Toplady wrote this hymn, which is included in “The Complete Works of Augustus Toplady,” page 897, under the overall heading “Juvenile Poems on Sacred Subjects.” A subtitle of the section indicates he wrote these hymns between the ages of 15-18. Let’s see, what was I doing at that age? Unfortunately, I wasn’t writing hymns.…

Decayed Milestones

I listened to a podcast recently on Augustus Toplady, and on its completion I thought it would be interesting to pull out a book I bought a long time ago, but has been collecting dust on a bookshelf. The Complete Works of Augustus Toplady, published in 1987, but, from the flyleaf “Printed verbatim from the…

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