Eclipsing the Glory Joe Terrell From our perspective, it generally looks as though the moon has a light of its own. But during an eclipse – when the moon comes between Earth and the sun – the moon is shown for what it is: a dark and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me. (Song of Songs 2:13) The business of the church is to worship the living God through Christ Jesus. It is not her job to moralize or socialize the world, though wherever she is found there...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Upholding God’s LawFor we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law...Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law (Rom 3:28, 31).It is very difficult, even impossible for the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Worthless Knowledge of the TRUTH When Knowledge of the truth does not lead us to worship the Lord in love with a sense of awe, it is evidence that our knowledge of the truth has not gone beyond our brains – it has not penetrated our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Dear Brothers and Sisters, A great part of our bulletin [from Grace Community Church of Rock Valley, IA] this week is devoted to a letter from Sergey Mochalov. He is a preacher of God's sovereign grace in Christ who lives in the Siberian area of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. (Isaiah 40.5). There can be no sweeter sight to the eye of the child of God than to see His Savior glorified in the sight...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God be merciful to me, a sinner. Luke 18.13 Men do all they can to divorce themselves from their own sinfulness. Some do like the Pharisee in the story referenced above and define sin by mere actions. Having defined sin by certain actions,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Christ died for us…” Romans 5.8 I cannot say if these words are for you, for I do not know whether Christ died for you. I know that everyone should sincerely hope that he is among those of whom it is written, “Christ died for...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I have been reading a history of the year 1776 in the American Colonies. After the British had left Boston, George Washington expected they were heading for New York. Therefore, Washington moved a contingent of the Colonial Army there in order...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God and PoliticiansFor the past generation we have witnessed in our nation the rise of the religious right as a political force. And as we enter another election year the issue of religion has once again been thrown into the mix of issues that the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
