August 14, 2023

“Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” Psalm 106:1

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August 14, 2023

“Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” Psalm 106:1

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Depth of mercy! Can there beMercy still reserved for me?Can my God His wrath forbear?Me, the chief of sinners, spare?I have long withstood His grace,Long provoked Him to His face,Would not hearken to His calls,grieved Him by a thousand falls.

At the beginning of Acts 3, at the gate of the Jerusalem temple, the apostles Peter and John encounter a disabled man who thinks he needs one thing: money. If he doesn’t have any money, he thinks, he can’t eat—and if he can’t eat, then he’ll be dead. So he needs money.

I journey forth rejoicingFrom this dark vale of tears;To heav’nly joy and freedom,From earthly bonds and fears;Where Christ, our Lord, shall gatherAll his redeemed again,His kingdom to inherit,Good night, till then!

August 07, 2023

“I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.I will be glad and exult in you;I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.” Psalm 9:1–2

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I was sinking deep in sin,Far from the peaceful shore,Very deeply stained within,Sinking to rise no more;But the Master of the seaHeard my despairing cry,From the waters lifted me—Now safe am I.

First Samuel 5 is a difficult chapter—a crystal-clear example of divine judgment and intervention. When we study it and consider the heavy hand of God, we have to remember that we’re dealing with events that happened a long time ago, around 1100 BC, and with what’s clearly an unrepeatable incident. It’s important that we approach passages like this one in light of the rest of the Bible. Scripture interprets Scripture in such a way that where one passage may not be as accessible as another, other portions enable us to approach those difficult texts properly.

For all the challenges we face in life, nothing is more difficult than losing someone we love. And when the loss is unexpected or tragic, our faith can surely be put to the test. In Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God, pastor and Christian blogger Tim Challies tells a story of unthinkable loss— the sudden death of his twenty-year-old son—and how he kept the Gospel in view as he grieved.  

There is an old adage that goes, “People buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people they don’t like.” That is a sadly accurate summary of how the world tends to look at money. As Christians, however, we recognize that our money has a higher purpose.