PHILIPPIANS 3 PHILIPPIANS 3:13 CONTEXT CHAP. 3 CONTENTS In this Chapter, the Apostle warns the Church against false Teachers. He as strongly points out, and that in his own Example, what are the infallible Marks of Grace in the Heart; namely, to win CHRIST, and be found in Him. He closeth the Chapter with the … More Devotional Thought – “Running” – 09/16/2024
More and more American politics is growing into something the founding Fathers would be ashamed of. Men and women of high ethical and moral character seem to be a thing of the past. Instead of running a political campaign candidates run popularity pagents. It is up to the average citizen to wade through the garbage … More Vote 2024 – 09/09/2024
What Does It Mean to Mortify the Sins of the Body? September 01, 2024, by: John Owen “If ye by the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live” (Rom. 8:13) The Duty: Mortify Your Deeds The duty itself, “Mortify the deeds of the body,” is next to be remarked upon. Three things are … More Mortifying Sins – 09/03/2024
This series asserts that our government is led by people that are disobeying the Ten Commandments. Part 1: focused on Our Relationship With God (the first four of The Ten Commandments). Part 2: focused on Our Relationship with Other People — Section 1: Commandments 5 – 7. PART 3 – HOW POLITICIANS VIOLATE ALL OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Added: … More A Series About “Morality in Government” – 08/26/2024
Folks have a lot of stuff to be upset about on any given day. The world seems to have lost all sense of ethics and morality. The warning that Isaiah gave in 5:20 (AMP); Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for … More Friday Feature Quote – “Weeping and Crying” – 08/23/2024
Anne Bradstreet, born in 1612, was the first woman in America to have her poetry published. Her work captures the reality of life in the New World, reflecting on her Puritan faith, family, and the natural world. Isaiah 48:10 I have refined thee; or, I will refine thee. Although I will not cut thee off, … More Friday’s Feature Quote -“Furnace of Affliction” – 08/16/2024
The First Commandment declares we are to worship God (Yahweh/Jehovah, the Holy Triune God of the Bible) alone. The Second Commandment proclaims how we are to worship Him. Paul in Romans 1:18–32 tells us that fallen humanity’s tendency is not toward atheism but rather to idolatry. Having rejected the God who does exist, sinners are prone not … More Devotional Thought – “Images” – 08/15/2024
I have noted in the past that there are couch potato and pew warming Christians. You know the type they show up on Sunday but bear no fruit in their daily lives. The Westminster Shorter Catechism states: Quest. 1. What is the chief end of man? Ans. 1. Man’s chief end is to glorify God,(1) … More Sunday Sermon Series – “GLORY vs. SIN” – 08/11/2024
Lord, however, you deal with me in outward things, whatever you take from me, whatever you deny me—do not deny me Christ! Do not deny me a share in his righteousness! Amen. David Clarkson, “No Hope without Christ’s Righteousness,” in Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans, ed. Robert Elmer (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019), 19. … More Friday Feature Quote – ” Righteous Hope” 08/09/2024
PSALM 127 PSALM 127:1 CONTEXT/STUDY OVERVIEW: This psalm emphasizes humanity’s dependence on God, and each of our Reformation-era exegetes develops this theme in their commentary. However, they emphasize various aspects and implications of this theme, including the vanity that comes when God’s blessing is not valued, God’s blessing of children, and the didactic function of … More Devotional Thoughts – “Builders” – 08/08/2024
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