Tag Archives: Theology

God Answers Prayer

*Pastor’s Note: When you’ve been involved in online ministry for as long as I have, it’s easy to make friends and acquaintances along the way. Sister Nancy Burr was one of them. Soon after I got started online and I … Continue reading

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Christian Colleges Needed

No parent would expect his young son or daughter to physically compete with a professional athlete on the athletic field, yet we ask our Christian youth to do exactly that in the intellectual arena. That is, during their formative, immature … Continue reading

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The Manger, The Cross and The Throne – A.W. Tozer

Monday September 5, 2022 SAVED BY GRACE Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. Of course we must include … Continue reading

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God’s Love Never Fails

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Reflecting With God 9/05/2022

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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. . . And Sin No More

I have always considered myself a student. For the longest time, my wife and her family thought I was going to be a professional student. Can’t make money from that, but you can sure learn a lot of things. However, … Continue reading

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Centuries of Meditations – First Century 13-14

Thomas Traherne (1637 – September 27, 1674) was an English poet, Anglican cleric, theologian, and religious writer. Traherne’s writings frequently explore the glory of creation and what he saw as his intimate relationship with God. His writing conveys an ardent, … Continue reading

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No Statues For Critics

For Sunday September 4, 2022 NO STATUES FOR CRITICS Lamentations 3:14 I have become the ridicule of all my people—their taunting song all the day. The story is told of a young musician whose concert was roundly criticized by the … Continue reading

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Even Changing One’s Lifestyle

Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan, “Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule … Continue reading

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Sin Is a Choice

Pastor’s Note: This is a new category that will consist of short commentaries on some of the practicalities of this life we live. Hopefully they will help stimulate your thoughts and maybe help you to meditate on some of the … Continue reading

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Letting Children Free to Develop?

Coleridge was once talking with a man who told him that he did not believe in giving little children any religious instruction whatsoever. His theory was that the child’s mind should not be prejudiced in any direction, but when he … Continue reading

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Hebrews 11:15 – Ole Hallesby

For Friday September 2, 2022: HEBREWS 11:15 Hebrews 11:15 (NKJV) By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this … Continue reading

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Holy and Awesome Is His Name!

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Reflecting With God 9/02/2022

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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Family, A Precious Gift

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God . … Continue reading

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The Purpose of Education

As 70-year-old philosophy professor Sidney Hook conducted his last class at New York University after 45 years of teaching there, he said he would break one of his rules and try to explain his own philosophy. “Though there is no … Continue reading

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Destiny of Holiness – Oswald Chambers

For Thursday September 1, 2022: DESTINY OF HOLINESS 1 Peter 1:16 (NKJV) “Be holy, for I am holy.” Continually restate to yourself what the purpose of your life is. The destined end of man is not happiness, nor health, but … Continue reading

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Trust God Wholly!

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Reflecting With God 9/01/2022

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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Wesley Changes The English Countryside

John Wesley rode up and down through the English countryside during the last half of the eighteenth century, his soul touched by the poverty, the drabness, and the ugliness of the village life. One day he hit upon the scheme … Continue reading

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