The secret of radiant living is to fix our attention on the Lord and His doings. The Lord and His doings — that’s the subject of this hundred-year-old classic hymn. It is a good one to know and sing as Continue Reading →
Calming the storm was one of the miracles Jesus did. It’s recorded in Matthew 8, Mark 4 and Luke 8. (Note this was not the time Jesus walked on water. That was another boating adventure the Gospels added to his Continue Reading →
You might not have been thinking about totalitarianism, so let me help you change that. I’m told Jordan Peterson (Canadian psychologist, author and speaker) said that the antithesis of totalitarianism is — wait for it — play. If what he Continue Reading →
The Founding Fathers’ vision was not that everyone should be free to do whatever was right in their own eyes. Their vision was that everyone should be free to choose to do whatever God Almighty wanted them to do. Please Continue Reading →
(Give Me Oil For My Lamp) For such a playful song, it certainly seems to ask for a lot — “Give me” – 12 times. “Keep me” – 8 times. “Make me” – 3. What does God think of all Continue Reading →
“There’s A New Day Dawning” was written about a hundred years ago. Back then, what new day was our song writer thinking of? Please give this bright song a sing-along listen, then we’ll talk about three possible candidates for this Continue Reading →
“Don’t you know? Didn’t you hear?” If a friend said that to you or me, it would probably get our attention. How much more should we perk up when “The LORD … the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends Continue Reading →
“Comfort, comfort My people… Speak tenderly from the heart to revive those in Jerusalem, and proclaim that their warfare is over. Her debt of sin is paid for, and she will not be treated as guilty. Prophesy to her that Continue Reading →
Who can count the songs that have been written about — or because of — the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Our song “He Arose” is one of them. This is a bright, attractive song. It carries many teaching topic ideas Continue Reading →
A song urging us to “keep on the firing line” might seem out of place at church, especially for the many of us who have grown up in times of peace and have not needed to learn how to suit Continue Reading →