This morning I offer you a short and yet profound thought from John Donne, “I shall be united to the Ancient of Days, to God Himself, who had no morning, never began…No man ever saw God and lived. And yet, I shall not live until I see God; and when I have seen Him, I [...]
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This past Sunday morning I came to the last two verses of Jude and began a two part sermon on two of the most beautiful verses in the entire Bible. Jude’s Doxology leads us to understand what Paul meant when he said, “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 6, Possessed by Love
This morning in our reading group we read from Henry Scougal’s book The Life of God in the Soul of Man (you can buy the book here or here or on PDF here) what may be one of the greatest paragraphs ever written outside of the pages of the Scriptures. I know that is a lofty description, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 2, True Joy!
As I’ve been thinking about the joy of God’ salvation this week I have also been immersed in the study of Jude’s doxology. I started preaching through Jude on the first Sunday of August and I have looked forward to preaching these last two verses for quite some time. The words of Jude are breath [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nov 30, True Joy
I’ve been thinking and writing about what David called “Joy of your salvation” in Psalm 51:12. I think the most remarkable thing about joy is how few truly joyful people we encounter on this side of the Globe. I know that the economy is struggling and that many people in the US are hurting, but [...]
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One of my favorite stories in the Bible is found in 2 Kings 6. The king of Syria was warring against Israel and he would go to his servants and say we will camp at such and such a place and Elisha would go tell the king of Israel. The king of Syria was convinced [...]
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