Sober Judgment

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.

Romans 12:3

Enlightened Eyes

I pray also that the eyes if your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

Why Chairs?

What hands shaped the legs?

What thought inspired the art?

What craft created the form

Wherein people could sit

And rest from labor?

Wise and Innocent

I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:16

Christians are not universally liked, or even tolerated well in all places or with all people. We can expect difficulty…

The Comfort of His Word

Study to show yourself approved…

2 Timothy 2:15

Cotton is a more comfortable cloth than wool and will keep you just as warm as wool, until, that is, it gets wet. At that moment cotton garments lose 100% of their ability to insulate the…

The Power of Words

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God.

Ephesians 4:29

Chambers on Pietism

By their fruits you shall know them.

Matthew 7:20

Whatever happened to Pietism? This morning in My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers gives a very negative assessment of the Pietism of his day, saying,

Hidden with Christ in God

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Colossians 3:3b-4

The First Prophecy of Hope

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.

Genesis 3:15