Book Review — Passionate About The Passion Week (Part 1: The Good)
Dr. William Varner is a well-established Master’s University professor and experienced...
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The Preaching Killdeer
My Grandparents and I – 2003 Growing up in rural Arkansas I had many opportunities to walk...
Read MoreBook Review — Passionate About The Passion Week (Part 4: Final Thoughts)
If you have not read Parts 1 -3 concerning The Good, The Odd, and The Concerning, please do so...
Read MoreBook Review — Passionate About The Passion Week (Part 3: The Concerning)
If you have not read Parts 1 and 2 concerning The Good and The Odd, please do so first. Anyone who...
Read MoreBook Review — Passionate About The Passion Week (Part 2: The Odd)
If you have not read Part 1 of this review concerning The Good, please do so first. While there is...
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The New Covenant: Unmixed, Unbreakable, & Unconditional (Part 2)
An Unbreakable/Unconditional Covenant Building on point #4 in the previous article about who are...
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The New Covenant: Unmixed, Unbreakable, & Unconditional (Part 1)
Reread the title again. Let those words burn into your memory like a branding iron. The New...
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Particular Effects of Particular Atonement
What? Particular atonement is the historic Christian doctrine that Christ only effectively...
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Psalm 119:49-52 — Comfort Amidst Affliction
when we are confronted with the temptation to be ashamed of God or His law, our only hope is to continue to trust in God and His Word! Christian, have you ever felt the need to apologize for God? How about when nonbelievers accuse God of evil because He judges His own creation? Or when God has provisions for slave owners in His Word? What about severe penalties for seemingly minor sins in Israel’s civil law? It is precisely because God’s ways are so different from ours that the wicked scoff at Him and His ways. Flee the temptation to apologize for God and to present Him as more palatable to the unregenerate heart—do not turn away from His law and His Word!
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Psalm 119:45-48 — A Wide Place
In verse 48, notice the repetition of the psalmist’s love for God’s commandments with is a little detail added. For what we find our delight in we will soon find ourselves giving our lives to. Is it not so with you, dear saint, that you dedicate the most time, effort, and energy toward that which you love the most? You want to know what a man loves? Direct your attention to where he spends his money, his time, and his gaze, and you will quickly know!
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Psalm 119:41-44 — Answering the Taunter
Secondly, we are reminded that the God of the Old Testament is the same God as the God of the New Testament and that He is a God of love. But not only is God love, what is striking is that He loves me. It is God’s love that is on display at the cross, and David well knows that he has no hope of delighting in the path of God’s commandments (Psalm 119:35) or keeping God’s law (Psalm 119:34) unless God “makes the first move.” We love because He first loved us! In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and gave His Son to be a propitiation for our sins (1 John 4:19,10)!
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Psalm 119:37-40 — Behold God’s Promise
Turn My Eyes Psalm 119:37 Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your...
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