Tag Archives: Christian Theology

Food For Thought 8/17/2023

Give God Credit For Ignorance A Theological student came to Charles Spurgeon one day, greatly concerned that he could not grasp the meaning of certain verses in the Bible. The noted preacher replied kindly but firmly, “Young man, allow me … Continue reading →

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Reflecting With God 8/16/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading →

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Psalm 105:15

Wednesday August 16, 2023 Psalm 105:15 “Do not touch My anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.” I would rather play with the forked lightning, or take in my hands living wires, with their fiery current, than speak a … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought 8/16/2023

Tennessee’s All-Seeing Christ Gatlinburg is a tourist city buried deep in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. This city of 1,764 inhabitants all but rolls up sidewalks in the winter but is literally working alive in the summer. In and … Continue reading →

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Reflecting With God 8/15/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading →

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The Way of Salvation

Tuesday August 15, 2023 Acts 4:12 “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” What a great word that word ‘salvation’ is! It includes … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought 8/15/2023

Putting Ocean In a Hole Augustine, that great saint of God, was once walking upon the shore of the ocean, while greatly perplexed about the doctrine of the Trinity. As he meditated, he observed a little boy with a sea … Continue reading →

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Reflecting With God 8/14/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading →

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God Calling

Monday August 14, 2023 Luke 15:4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?” … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought 8/14/2023

To Comprehend God John Wesley said: “Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will show you a man that can comprehend the triune God!” Never try to arouse faith from within. You cannot stir up … Continue reading →

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Life In Focus 8/12/2023

The Sin of Lust JOB’S sufferings caused him to make a sweeping inventory of his inner life. One of the areas he evaluated was his attitude toward women and how he handled his own sexual drives. Job openly acknowledged the … Continue reading →

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Unseen Ripples

For Saturday August 12, 2023 Ecclesiastes 11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. If you throw a stone into the middle of a lake on a starless night, will there be ripples? … Continue reading →

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Anecdotal Story 8/12/2023

When You Give Your Life “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven … Continue reading →

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Classic Devotional 8/12/2023

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 45 This is a lesson long enough: which you may be all your life in learning, and to all Eternity in practicing. Be sensible of your wants, that you may be sensible of your … Continue reading →

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Reflecting With God 8/11/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading →

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John 12:35

Friday August 11, 2023 John 12:35 “Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you.” Today Jesus would speak in all earnestness to you who have postponed your conversion every time you have been called of God. He would … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought 8/11/2023

So Can God Fill Us Standing on the deck of a ship in mid-ocean, you see the sun reflected from its depths. From a little boat on a mountain lake you see the sun reflected from its shallow waters. Looking … Continue reading →

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Reflecting With God 8/10/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading →

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The Sacrament of the Saint

Thursday August 10, 2023 1 Peter 4:19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator. To choose to suffer means that there is something … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought 8/10/2023

The Third Person Is God Once when Lord Moynihan, great British surgeon, had finished operating before a gallery full of distinguished visiting doctors he was asked how he could work with such a crowd present. He replied: “You see, there … Continue reading →

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