Psalm 1 describes two opposing ways of life. God offers us a choice—we can “walk in the counsel of the wicked, stand in the path of sinners, and sit in the seat of scoffers” (verse 1). Or, in contrast, we can choose to find “delight in” and “meditate on” God’s law and be firmly planted, …
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Three Things We Must Do To Persevere In Faith
Every four years as we approach a Presidential election, at least as long as I’ve been an adult of voting age and paying attention to the state of the world, there’s an increased anticipation of where we might be on God’s timeline of human history. Presidents and elected officials, kings, and rulers, all are raised …
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Give Me A Faith Like Epaphroditus
Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard; because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me. (Philippians 2:29-30) Paul is the most notable and visible apostle in the New Testament, …
Do The Ten Commandments Still Matter?
Recently we received some pictures from our daughter who lives overseas. She and her husband and three of our precious grandchildren are serving God in full-time missions. The pictures were of our son-in-law baptizing a young man he has been discipling. The joy on both of their faces is priceless. While our daughter and son-in-law …
Blessed Because Of Forgiveness
How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. (Psalm 32:1-2). What a beautiful verse. It reminds us there is life after sin. Have you felt the weight of your sin? …