We continue our series of excerpts from “Matthew Henry on a Practical Method of Daily Prayer.”1 These will be without the usual comments and study references. My hope is that people will be like the Bereans, as described in Acts 17:11, and will put Henry’s writing to the test. In beginning a time of prayer, Henry advised directing prayers … More Devotion – “Method of Daily Prayer Part IV” – 10/15/2025
The title of today’s devotional at first had me thinking only one? Surely churches have many needs, but after reading it I realized that applied to the main mandate of “the Church” being “make disciples of all nations” given by Christ to his disciples following his death and resurrection (Matt. 28:16–20; Mark 16:15–18; Luke 24:46–49; John 20:21–23; Acts 1:8), … More Devotional – “The Church’s Great Need” – 10/11/2025
We continue our series of excerpts from “Matthew Henry on a Practical Method of Daily Prayer.”1 These will be without the usual comments and study references. My hope is that people will be like the Bereans, as described in Acts 17:11, and will put Henry’s writing to the test. Directions for Praying All Day Henry wrote in his … More Devotion – “Method of Daily Prayer Part II” – 10/08/2025
If you are anything like me, being called a “Carnal Christian” is akin to being called cursed at. I believed that the two terms were completely incompatible. How could a “Christian”, someone with the indwelling Holy Spirit, live a carnal life? It just did not compute. You can go across America on any given Sunday … More Devotional/Study – “Carnal Christians” – 10/06/2025
COMMENT Last week, we examined what I titled “Death of the Law.” As in today’s Devotional, I relied on John MacArthur’s book, Before the Face of God, and the Baptist Catechism for the foundation of the post. Today, the sources remain the same, as the devotional is another of MaArthur’s from the same book. Here, … More Devotion/Study – “Usefulness of God’s Law” – 09/30/2025
COMMENT Our adult Sunday Bible Study has been working its way through the Baptist Catechism. We have been in the section relating to God’s Law, and this Sunday, we continued our study of the fourth commandment, Remember the Sabbath. We discussed questions 65, ‘How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?’ and 66, ‘What is forbidden in … More Devotional – “Death of the Law” – 09/24/2025
In my daily readings, I have been working my way through The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, a book I highly recommend for all Christians. Today’s reading deals with Psalm 91:10, and if it is so that no evil will befall thee, how can folks get the plague? While in this day and age we … More STUDY – “No Evil Befall Thee” – 09/10/2025
Last month, John MacArthur went home to be with our Lord and Savior. He was in his mid-eighties, and if we consider the body of work this man had done over the years, you might have thought he should have taken it easy. Yet as he was turning eighty, his chief concern was finishing well. … More Devotion “Finishing Well” – 08/23/2025
July 24, 2025, by Steve The Ways and Ends of the Wicked Charles Spurgeon, et al. (You will find it helpful to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.) Psalm 1:4-6, “Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. … More The Ways ad Ends of the Wicked – 07/28/2025
COMMENTS A couple of people have pointed out that I often seem to criticize the evangelical church. My objective is not to condemn but to draw attention to my personal observations. Just as I am convinced “the church” overall in the USA is not healthy. Far too many have numbers inflated by “members” who are … More Devotional – “Pray for the Church” – 07/25/2025
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