People in our churches need to know that they would be missed at the Lord’s Table.
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People in our churches need to know that they would be missed at the Lord’s Table.
Latin America. I envision tropics, treasures, poetic shopkeepers and philosopher cowboys.
In Fatherly discipline, one takes the lead role in both administering the necessary punishment and bringing about reconciliation.
These are perhaps the most important memories I have of my grandfather – singing this one song repeatedly.
Perhaps my actual traveling dimmed the glory of that literary adventure, but I can feel the passion re-emerging.
They were lost for eternity and for all I know they continue to lie in the dirt of the neighbor's yard.
Vastly different and highly enriching, each book opened a world into parts of North America not usually experienced by our family.
The instruction of Jesus Christ on prayer remind us to pray the promises of God back to Him. This is faithfulness of heart — dependence upon our savior.
"For indeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham." (Hebrews 2:16; NKJV)
The reciting of the prayer then contains both personal petitions and catechismal instruction for our hearts.
We began our tour of Europe looking up “animal pictures,” resulting in Europe being termed a very scary place: badgers, foxes, and bears oh my!
"That there is no other method of living piously and justly than that of depending upon God." - John Calvin
And my heart for the world beats a quick tattoo with the love I feel for my children as we discuss the wonders God has made in people, language, dress, and custom.
Those are the things unseen. That is the city still unreceived. I can wait for that.
I think about all the things we allow to come between us, and how little the Dead must dwell upon such things.
For some reason, I can see Aaron and I picking strawberries in the kingdom. We'll both be smiling. With red faces and full hearts.