During this Advent season, it is my desire to prepare my heart through a variety of “Hymns of Grace.” For many folks, Christmas time is a beloved and cherished season and the traditional sounds of the seasons often set the mood and bring to remembrance cherished memories. Music and song play an important role…
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going. – Ecclesiastes 9:10
Unfortunately, today, many people attend worship services regularly but have little or no knowledge of Advent or its meaning. Many worshipers in contemporary evangelical churches can sit through years of services and have no clue about important, scriptural, beautiful, and meaningful Christ honoring traditions along with Christ exalting hymns and scriptural songs handed down from…
November 25th – A Historic Day Largely Forgotten Today most Americans will celebrate what is known as Thanksgiving. A national holiday due in part to Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation on October 3rd, 1863. A portion of the proclamation stated the following. “It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly,…
Romans 3:26 says, God is just. Therefore, I, a sinner (Romans 3:23), stand in great need for my sins (Romans 6:23). Romans 3:26 also says, God is the justifier of anyone who puts their faith in Jesus. Therefore, my great need is met through, Jesus, my substitute. #Romans3:26, #Just #Justifier #Need #Substitute #Spurgeon
Charles II (r. 1660–1685) once asked one of the most learned scholars that he knew why any intelligent person should waste time listening to the sermons of an uneducated tinker and Baptist preacher by the name of John Bunyan (1628–1688).2 “Could I possess the tinker’s abilities for preaching, please your majesty,” replied the scholar, “I…
Who else commands all the hosts of heaven?Who else could make every king bow down? Who else can whisper and darkness trembles? What other beauty demands such praises? What other splendour outshines the sun? What other majesty rules with justice? What other glory consumes like fire? What other power can raise the dead? What other name remains undefeated? Who else…