Staying Calm in Captivity
If you are a Christian, how are you dealing with the days in which we live? Consider this sermon about Daniel and where our focus should be.
If you are a Christian, how are you dealing with the days in which we live? Consider this sermon about Daniel and where our focus should be.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend. Most would agree with that statement. It comes from Proverbs 27:6. If we are honest with ourselves the people who have done the greatest kindness to us in our lives have often been the people that have sometimes wounded us by telling us the truth. The blows of…
The following excerpts are from “Self-inquiry” by J.C. Ryle: “Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.”—ACTS 15. 36. THE text which heads this page contains a proposal which the Apostle Paul made to Barnabas after their first…
The following is a sober reminder from William Plumer. This and other articles on various topics are available for free online or in print from here. The Day For Which All Other Days Were Made William S. Plumer (1802-1880) GOD has not concealed His intention of bringing every work into judgment with every secret thing,…
By William S. Plumer: Providence is the care of God over His creatures. God’s works of providence are His most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all His creatures and all their actions. To deny providence is as truly atheistic as to deny God’s existence. One who neither sees, nor hears, nor knows, nor…
With all that has occurred in the last year the topic of illness has certainly been on people’s minds. I think we can agree everyone thinks about it. Whether you are for or against masks, or vaccines, or natural treatments is irrelevant to the point at hand. Each mask you see, each news story, and each time a person is faced with a decision to do or not do something is a reminder of sickness and disease. I’ve also had health issues in the last year and I’ve had several relatives who are encountering some very serious health struggles of one kind or another. It is with all this as a backdrop that I place the question before you, does God use sickness? And if so, what for?
by J.C. Ryle “He whom Thou lovest is sick.”—John xi. 3 THE chapter from which this text is taken is well known to all Bible readers. In life-like description, in touching interest, in sublime simplicity, there is no writing in existence that will bear comparison with that chapter. A narrative like this is to my…
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Reverend Reggie is a voice of “Jesus” in this turmoil. Thank you for sharing. When we walk through the “fires” we need this calm reassurance of God’s Hand in it.