Thy Will Be Done
How would you summarize the ministry and mission of Jesus? If we were to restrict our answers to the text of The Scriptures, a number of key passages ought to quickly come to mind. In words spoken to…
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How Does One Know?
How does one know if he or she is truly a Christian? First of all, we must ask what do the Scriptures teach? The text of Romans 6:3-4 is quite clear in affirming that those who have been…
A Cluster Of Doppelgangers
My wife posted a photo of me on Facebook recently and someone texted back that I was a “doppelganger”. The implication was that in the picture posted I looked a whole lot like my father. It wasn’t just…
Quotable Quotes
“Christ uncrowned Himself to crown us, and put off His robes to put on our rags, and came down from heaven to keep us out of hell. He fasted forty days, that He might feast with us to…
Quotable Quotes
A friend was in the hospital to give birth to her first baby. As the labor pains became more frequent and severe, she gasped to the nurse, “Is the hard part about over?” The nurse replied, “Honey this…
The One-Another Way
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. / Jn.13:35 So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.…
Psalms, Hymns And Spiritual Songs
When the Word of God richly dwells within us it will bubble up and flow forth in song (Col.3:16a). While the singing of such songs may prove to be entertaining, that is not their primary aim. For the…
The Songs Of My Father
My father grew up in the beautiful rolling hills of western Pennsylvania near Clymer, due east of Pittsburgh. He graduated from a small school as a tall and skinny-legged young man who was quite shy. Those of you…
Dream Small
Like so many others across the land, our church is struggling to combat shrinkage,. This reality finds us somewhat dispirited and discouraged. Many have moved away. A sizable number of faithful saints have passed away. Some have become…
Bring The Parchments
The apostle Paul’s last recorded words are recorded in his second epistle to Timothy. The last chapter of that brief letter provides a glimpse into Paul’s state of mind while imprisoned. He senses that his days on earth…