“For as many as the promises of God are, in Him they are yes; therefore through Him also is our Amen to the glory of God through us.” 1 Corinthians 1:20 When I read the Scriptures, almost every page presents to my heart most precious promises, adapted to console and…

I try to read a Proverbs chapter each day, each month. Today on April 25, I read Proverbs 25. Verse 15 jumped out to me: “Through patience a ruler may be persuaded, And a gentle tongue breaks bone.” Think on that a moment………..Likely you see what I see. If we…

William Shakespeare was born and died on the same date, April 23 (1564–1616). I must confess to that I’ve never read much of his works. I did, however, see a movie some years ago, The Merchant of Venice (2004, starring Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons, and Lynn Collins). I…

On a plane right now heading to Georgia for meetings. So I can’t write as normal. But today’s reading included Psalm 8. What a magnificent short Psalm. It starts with, “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Yes! I just had to stop and…

That’s a bold and shocking statement. That title is from Archibald Brown in “Do Not Sin Against the Child!” (1870). This was no doubt from a sermon Brown delivered and what a blistering sermon it must have been. I have to look back on my parenting and shudder. How often…

Today my reading included 1 Samuel 18–20. In this section King Saul is yet again after David, determined to destroy him. In particular in 19:11: Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. …

That is, does God make decisions and then change his mind? Does he regret his decisions? Reading this morning in 1 Samuel 15, I came to this verse: Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, “I regret that I have made Saul king, because he has turned…

He is risen indeed.

I know today is Saturday, but of course we are between Friday and the comin’ Sunday. So here is It’s Friday, but Sunday is a Comin!