Fear: Afraid of God and Fearing God
(inspired by readings in The Awe of God by John Bevere, 2023) And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before…
(inspired by readings in The Awe of God by John Bevere, 2023) And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before…
The impetus for this post was a video clip on social media. The author of the original is unknown. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 16:13, “Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith,…
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox But to every mind there openeth,A way, and way, and away,A high soul climbs the highway,And the low soul gropes the low,And in between on the misty flats,The rest drift to…
Author Unknown Our highest joys succeed our griefs,And peace is born of pain;Smiles follow bitter blinding tears,As sunshine follows rain. We gain our rest through weariness,From bitter draw the sweet:Strength comes from weakness, hope from…
William Cowper What various hindrances we meetIn coming to the mercy seat!Yet who that knows the worth of prayerBut wishes to be often there! Prayer makes the darkened clouds withdraw;Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw;Gives…
“I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.” — Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor Reading this line from a longer poem by Baxter stunned me. I have been…
Fear imprisons, faith liberates; fear paralyzes, faith empowers; fear disheartens, faith encourages; fear sickens, faith heals; fear makes useless, faith makes serviceable—and, most of all, fear puts hopelessness at the heart of life, while faith…
Jason Helopoulos tells of a day in Dallas, Texas when he and his wife were walking around the city with her new camera. He noticed a clock on the tall bell tower of a large…
As early as 1937, Dr. H. A. Ironside noted that the biblical doctrine of repentance was being diluted by those who wished to exclude it from the gospel message. He wrote, “The doctrine of repentance…
There’s only one man, the Author of lifewho overcame death and the grave. There’s only one Lamb who is holy enough,whose blood has the power to save. There’s only one Shepherd with love so greatHe’d…