7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. 8 He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and on them he has …
As I looked out over the congregation that Sunday evening, I marveled at what the Lord had done. We’d returned to sing, pray, listen to God’s Word, and celebrate the Lord’s Supper. Such a gathering is nothing in the eyes of the world, but I knew better. Trophies of God’s grace stood before me as …
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The bulk of the British and French armies were huddled on the beach at Dunkirk as German Stuka dive bombers pounded them from the air. (To enhance the terror, the Germans had attached whistles, “trumpets of Jericho,” to the planes and bombs.)[1] The situation was desperate; Winston Churchill quietly agreed with the Admiralty that only ten to twenty …
Editor’s note: Two BibleMesh partners, Union Theological College (UTC) and The Kirby Laing Centre (KLC), have teamed up on a new doctoral research initiative. This post is an announcement of that initiative released by KLC director Craig Bartholomew. KLC is delighted to announce that we have entered into a relationship with Union Theological College, Belfast, …
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The great theme of Jesus’ public ministry was the kingdom of God. In Jesus, God was intervening in history decisively so as to recover his purposes for his entire creation and to lead it towards the destiny he always intended for it. Not surprisingly, therefore, the kingdom of God is also the theme of Jesus’ …
1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you …