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Jan 2018
Dr. Harry Ironside was a gift to the Church. He was a fine Bible teacher and theologian. He pastored Moody Church in Chicago from 1929-1948. He’s said to have preached nearly 7,000 sermons that reached more than 1.25 million hearers in the years between 19 29 and 1948 and he was instrumental in the development of Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Ironside was much admired for the care with which he handled God’s Word and for his many insightful illustrations. He once told this story, which I’ve never been able to forget. Years......
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January 25, 2018
God Delights in You?
David was well acquainted with his sins – and like ours, they were many. I think perhaps the most difficult thing for David to wrap his mind around was that God would actually delight in...
January 23, 2018
The Beauty of Sorrow
David is a man who came to understand his own sinfulness before God. You know the story: staying home when he should have been out in the field with his troops; the rooftop voyeurism; the...
January 22, 2018
God’s Glory Shines Brightest Against the Dark Backdrop
Have you ever felt unworthy of God’s love? ‘How could He love a sinner like me?’ ‘How can it be true that I – with my history of sins and ongoing offenses against Him –...
December 22, 2017
Hope is Waiting, Confidently
The Hebrew and Greek words that underlie the English word hope in our Bibles combine two important ideas: waiting and confidence. Biblical hope, as has been said many times, is more than a wish for...
December 21, 2017
When God Makes Everything Right
Dream with me. Dream of the day when God will make everything right. Isaiah 9 looks forward to the true Christmas day, the day the Savior of the world would be born in Bethlehem. He...
December 19, 2017
A Lamp Lit
Tertullian was an early Christian apologist who lived in ancient Carthage, what is now Tunisia. Mary and I spent a few weeks in Tunisia a while back taking in the history and beauty of this...
December 18, 2017
Sisyphus and the One Name
I can think of no darker words than these two: no hope. Craig Biehl called them the two unbearable words. He writes: “Two small words. When heard on the battlefield, in the hospital waiting room,...
December 01, 2017
A Love Explosion Called YOU!
We all strive for purity as believers, right? We want to be like our Lord and our Lord is pure in every way. In Him, John tells us, “is no darkness at all.” That, he...
November 30, 2017
Sarah’s Dandelion
Sometimes the smallest act of kindness (which is, of course, one of the fruits of the Spirit working in us), can have a profound and lasting impact upon others. In Serving, the Biggest Honor in...