One man slept in his reclining chair. An elderly gentleman, he woke to our singing with annoyance written all over his face. He was a captive participant forced to surrender or walk out of the room. He chose staying. With no expression showing, I sensed he was slowly tuning in...
Self-Esteem, a much overused designation, finds its roots in cultural thinking. Earnest Becker, in his book, “The Birth and Death of Meaning,” addresses the subject: “… when people do not have self-esteem, they cannot act, they break down.” “When the inner-newsreel begins to run consistently negative images of one’s worth,...
“Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts” 2 Corinthians 4:5 Let’s see verses 1-5 in their many points. Paul proclaims: Let a man so account of us,...
“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster” (Galatians 3:24-25) Preparatory to our faith was Law, it came by Moses. With capacity lacking, Law showed us a...
“Mine heart is turned within me” Hosea 11:8 Conquerors, that plunder a conquered city, carry away the wealth of it, and, after some time, often return to burn it. God will not thus utterly destroy Israel. “For I am God, and not man.” “I will not carry it so far...
The way of peace comes as we get Dead in Christ. Here are some supporting verses: “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3) ” …Reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our...
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His (Hebrews 4:10) As we, through the Cross of Christ and our co-crucifixion, cease the competition of the flesh, we discover God’s seasons spoken of by Solomon, “To everything there...
A complexity, “soul” is more simply observed as feelings, judgments, opinions, rationalizations, and self-consciousness; all muddying the will, making decisions difficult. In soul, we trip over ourselves, stumble in the dark, and accept the confused state as our “normal.” Notwithstanding, the state of soul with personality traits, still guides men...
“A child is born, a son is given.” In Proverbs, The Son as “Wisdom Personified” speaks, “When he (Yahweh), gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I (wisdom), was by him, as one brought...
” …cleanse thou me from secret faults. “ Psalm 19 speaks loudly: “for its full effect we need divine grace to show us our faults, acquit us, restrain us from the practice, and free us from the power, of sin” (JFB). “God knows a great deal more evil of us...
