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The angels tried to convey what their excitement this little baby born in the town of Bethlehem. "To you is born a Savior who is Christ the Lord!" God was up to something - restoring a broken relationship.
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Making Sense Of It AllJanuary 30, 2012
Where are things headed? Is there rhyme and reason to the endless cycle of summer, fall, winter and spring? Is there a plan in place, or is randomness the explanation?
Suffering Saints
January 25, 2012
We get nervous thinking about it - suffering for the sake of Christ. How necessary is it, and what does it produce in us?
George Herbert on Prayer Meetings
January 21, 2012
Prayer Meetings are a thing of the past. Or so it seems. What has been lost? Maybe more than we realize.
When Fear Is Good
January 7, 2012
NO FEAR, we are told. And the point is well taken. But fear can be healthy, at least when it comes to eternal matters.
Happy, Happy, Happy
January 4, 2012
The declaration of independence holds up the pursuit of happiness as a right. Did you ever consider the reading the bible might be the one source that will never let you down?
The Twelve Signs Of Grace
December 22, 2011
Self-examination is not easy to do. The tendency is to let ourselves off easy. But examine we must, for eternity is at stake.
"Ouch!!"
July 22, 2011
Spiritual pride is hard to detect. Jonathan Edwards gives some tips. The process can be painful, but necessary.
God and Sinners Reconciled
November 29, 2008
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God - children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. John 1:11-13
God is a seeker. He initiates relationship. He has done everything in his power to pave the way for us to have friendship with him, including sending his own Son in human flesh. Israel said "thanks, but no thanks." God is not easily deterred. He dosen't give up without a fight. Just ask Paul. Or ask Henry Vaughn (1621-1695), reflecting on how God reined him in…..
"Often enough have you attempted, I confess, to capture me without wounding me. Your speechless voice has tried unceasingly to bring me to my senses. Your divine breath has striven to win me over by its gentle motion, warning me in vain with sacred murmuring. I was deaf and dumb; a flint."
"So you consent (how great is your care for your dear ones!) to reform me in another way: you change your method completely and now, provoked, you declare that love cannot succeed: you plan to conquer force by force."
"You launch your attack and shatter that boulder, my stony heart. What was stone becomes flesh. Look at it, broken in pieces! Look, its fragments are flashing at last to heaven and to you, and my cheeks are wet with tears wrung from flint."
"In the same way, ever provident for your people, you once commanded dry rocks to overflow and crags to gush with water. How marvelous you hand is! By dying I have gained new life: amidst the wreckage of my worldly fortunes, I am now richer than ever." (p. 137)
I say that the greatest tragedy in the world today is that God has made man in His image and made him to worship Him, made him to play the harp of worship before the face of God day and night, but he has failed God and dropped his harp. It lies voiceless at man's feet". A. W. Tozer
God is a seeker. He initiates relationship. He has done everything in his power to pave the way for us to have friendship with him, including sending his own Son in human flesh. Israel said "thanks, but no thanks." God is not easily deterred. He dosen't give up without a fight. Just ask Paul. Or ask Henry Vaughn (1621-1695), reflecting on how God reined him in…..
"Often enough have you attempted, I confess, to capture me without wounding me. Your speechless voice has tried unceasingly to bring me to my senses. Your divine breath has striven to win me over by its gentle motion, warning me in vain with sacred murmuring. I was deaf and dumb; a flint."
"So you consent (how great is your care for your dear ones!) to reform me in another way: you change your method completely and now, provoked, you declare that love cannot succeed: you plan to conquer force by force."
"You launch your attack and shatter that boulder, my stony heart. What was stone becomes flesh. Look at it, broken in pieces! Look, its fragments are flashing at last to heaven and to you, and my cheeks are wet with tears wrung from flint."
"In the same way, ever provident for your people, you once commanded dry rocks to overflow and crags to gush with water. How marvelous you hand is! By dying I have gained new life: amidst the wreckage of my worldly fortunes, I am now richer than ever." (p. 137)
I say that the greatest tragedy in the world today is that God has made man in His image and made him to worship Him, made him to play the harp of worship before the face of God day and night, but he has failed God and dropped his harp. It lies voiceless at man's feet". A. W. Tozer
