The English poet William Wordsworth wrote that, in 1807, "The world is too much with us." That is the opening line to a poem by the same name—"The World Is Too Much With Us". The poem itself speaks about the hustle and bustle of …
Most people in this world celebrate their holidays, not in spirit, truth, and love, but in fleshly practices, lies, and in the case of Saint Valentine’s Day, lust. Sexual immorality has always been the essential ingredient in the …
Deuteronomy overflows with admonitions to be careful to observe God's words (Deuteronomy 4:5-6; 5:1, 32; 6:1-3, 25; 8:1; 11:32; 12:1; 16:12; 17:19; 26:16; 28:13; 32:46). As an example, notice Deuteronomy 12:32: "Whatever I command you, …
(11) Give us this day our daily bread.
In Deuteronomy 8:3, God draws a straight line between the Israelites eating bread He supplied from heaven and consuming and using His Word. The miracle of the manna was a daily lesson to impress on them that real living requires the …
A stroll through just about any cathedral in Europe, not to mention many a church just about anywhere in the world, would bring to the eye the sight of perhaps a handful or even dozens of images of God and Christ, as imagined by painters, glaziers, and sculptors down through the ages. Some of them are magnificent works of art, perhaps more fit for a museum than a place of worship. These images catch the Father, or most often, the Son in one state or act intended to impress an aspect of the gospel on the viewer in one poignant scene. As a lad of ten or so, I remember entering the home of a …
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