Desperate for God
Water is essential to life. Every living thing needs water and humans are no different. This need is only amplified during hot weather. Spending time outside on a hot day intensifies our thirst for water and there is nothing like having our thirst quenched with some ice-cold water. In Psalm 63, David speaks of his “thirst” for God. As your read the first few verses … Continue reading Desperate for God
Sarah and Jonathan Edwards: An “uncommon union”
One of my heroes of the faith, Jonathan Edwards, died suddenly and unexpectedly after taking a smallpox vaccination in 1758. Shortly before his death, he wrote to his daughter Lucy: “Dear Lucy, it seems to me to be the will of God that I must shortly leave you; therefore give my kindest love to my dear wife, and tell her, that the uncommon union, which … Continue reading Sarah and Jonathan Edwards: An “uncommon union”
The so-called “gospel” of Protestant liberalism
In the 1950s, Yale’s H. Richard Niebuhr described the so-called “gospel” of Protestant liberalism poignantly: “A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross.” Each clause is telling. First, more like Mr. Rogers than the judge of all the earth, the sentimental deity of many Americans is incapable of wrath. Since he … Continue reading The so-called “gospel” of Protestant liberalism
Shepherd the Flock 