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On this day, the day after Good Friday and before Resurrection Sunday, I am reminded of a particular devotional from Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening: “Rend your heart, and not your garments.” Joel 2:13 Garment-rending and other outward signs of religious emotion, are easily manifested and are frequently hypocritical; but to feel true repentance […] Below is an amazing hymn by Matthew Smith of Indelible Grace titled, Lord Jesus, Comfort Me. May God use it to encourage you to see more of the greatness of Christ. And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus […] 
O LORD, my God and Savior – Mockery was a great ingredient to your woes. Judas mocked You in the Garden; the chief priests and scribes laughed you to scorn; Herod set you at nought; the servants and the soldiers jeered and harassed you with brutal insults; Pilate and his guards ridiculed Your royalty, […] 
Charles H. Spurgeon: “Hard and stern hath been the battle up to this point. We have had to win every inch of ground by sheer push of pike. Effort after effort has been put forth by the church of God under the guidance of her heavenly leader, and none has been in vain. Hitherto […] 
Our Theology Thursday word for this week is justification. “dikaioō” The verb to justify in the New Testament Greek is dikaioō. Dikaioō has a range of meanings, but a very common use of the word is “to declare righteous.” This is the general meaning of justification in the New Testament. Furthermore, the use of […] 
O Thou who hast our sorrows borne, Help us to look on Thee and mourn, On Thee whom we have slain, Have pierced a thousand thousand times, And by reiterated crimes Renewed Thy mortal pain. Vouchsafe us eyes of faith to see The Man transfixed on Calvary, To know Thee, who Thou art, The […] 
Elisabeth Elliot explains that the word “disciple” simply means learner. And learning to understand the way of the Cross is difficult. It requires self-abandonment, sacrifice, and trust in the One worth learning from. As a child of twelve, she recalls reading a prayer written by Betty Scott Stam, missionary to China. It was at […] Pastor James MacDonald reminds us that the purpose of marriage is, ultimately, the glory of God: James MacDonald is a pastor, author, Bible teacher, and speaker. He serves Jesus and His global church through the teaching ministry Walk in the Word. 
Marked by tradegy The classic hymn was written by Horatio Spafford, a man who was sadly all too familiar with death and tragedy. In 1871, Spafford suffered the tragic death of his only son to scarlet fever. Shortly thereafter, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the entire city. A successful businessman and lawyer at the […] |