We all feel bogged down in an argument. We tend to want to zinger our way through point after point, convincing as we go. We want the listeners’ good graces until they give in. But if we are inadequate to rebuke or exhort in some of the more difficult issues, there is a perfect solution …
A Psalm of Innocence. My God, my Lord, my Friend. Though the land wearies of pestilence, God is my comfort.Send forth Your Spirit, And renew the face of the Earth.I will declare Your praise, For in Your mercy I find hope. If I have found favor in Your eyes, O LORD, Renew …
Live alone in a sea of grace, Thoughts above are commonplace. Abide in love of those down here, Live a little, shed a tear.
When people put us down and denigrate us, it disparages the truth. But, if we dwell in purity, we can see God. When we walk in truth, we see truth. Yet without faith, it is impossible to please God. What can’t God do? It is in our sinful nature to put ourselves down and to …
To the Chief Musician. A meditation on what is known. A Hosanna of Gary. I will draw close to the LORD, for His mercy frees me. In fullness of joy; His truth is my gift. We delight in His law; For He first loved us. His compassion is steady, and His cause is secure. My …
To the Chief Musician. A Hosanna of Justification. When I was near death. Leave the armory intact, For the LORD has met for battle. Leave Him to contend, for the LORD is my rock. His eyes go to and fro, Looking for those who stand. But the buttresses have decayed, And the castle walls have …
Love takes a passage such as this one and encourages us to imagine what the Bible left out. What was Jesus’ writing? Messiah loves sinners, a reference to Jesus, showed God’s love for a couple of different reasons. First of all, it showed that Jesus loved the woman caught in the midst of adultery. Her …
live with pain, and all it gives back is honesty; this is largely what’s responsible for the human struggle. In a place where giving ends and there is no more giving, we deny ourselves a dream of hope stew; a mishmash of unlearned diatribes and basics. They fall away in 5th avenue shops of decor …
