The Surpassing Worth of Knowing Christ: Introduction: Peter tells us that there are places in Paul’s letters which are difficult to understand (2 Pet. 3:15-16). That is true enough, but I also ...
The Weight of Your Blessing
“Great God Jehovah, we call on You now,
And ask for the weight of Your blessing of glory.
We know we cannot, on our own, make it happen,
We know on our own, our wells are all dry.”
21 Prayers, p. 128
Give It Just a Little More Time
Real Substitution
“I pray that by faith we would come to see Christ
In the dragon impaled and set up in the wilderness,
And that You would help us really to see
The glory of ultimate and real substitution.”
21 Prayers, p. 124
The Ground That Is Fallow
“Break up the ground that is fallow within us,
And raise up a crop that fits with Your purpose.
What You have determined should be grown in our lives,
Water it, grow it, and harvest it all.”
21 Prayers, p. 122
A Toolbox for Aging
“Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.” Proverbs 17:6 (KJV) Introduction: I almost entitled this "On Growing ...
No False Device
“I pray that this sin be removed in a way
That honors You deeply and lifts up Your name—
That no false device or evasive charade
Covers and hides what should not be covered.”
21 Prayers, p. 119
Letters in the Waning Years of April
Letter to the Editor: Great article, and a great analogy. Thank you for the clear analysis.I read the WSJ article that started (or at least occurred near the beginning of) all this and had ...
Grace and More Grace
“I ask You, my God, to establish Your justice
Throughout our land through grace and more grace.
Restore in Your kindness, the doctrines of grace
To a people now empty, but once overflowing.
And take grace away from a truncated people
That they might then see how empty they are,
That they might then see how ungrateful they were,
That You might forgive and restore them again” ().
21 Prayers, p. 3
But He Is Not a Tame Lion
“As inveterate Pharisees, we always desire
To turn Your Word into something respectable,
Acceptable, tame, and fully domestic.
I pray that today Your Spirit would wield
Your Word in a way as to make us all see
It can never be tamed and never held down.”
21 Prayers, p. 116