Three times in this psalm God's love is described as "unfailing" V.5, v.18 and v.22. Things of earth may fail or not turn out as we wish but God's love is fail proof, something we can totally rely on. Our church use to sing a song called, "Unfailing Love" (I think it is from Hillsong).
The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul (Tyndale House, 1985) expanded my thinking enormously. Previously I had this vague idea that God was a bit
"The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house ... And in this place I will grant peace
The thought that occurred to me when reading the first few verses of Proverbs 30 is that I think the writer actually does know God
I often write down quotes from the books I read and usually I write down the name of the book. But I have come across
The thing that struck me most in this psalm was David's confidence in God, especially in v.8 and v.15."Keep me as the apple of your
I wrote this for my church newsletter:"When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted." Psalm 138:3In Acts 4:29 we see the
Yesterday I was at the Dare Conference in Melbourne. Heard some good stuff. Like the story of a missionary in the Philippines who had been
This psalm describes a person who is living with the blessing and protection of God (v.1-9). It is what I like to think of as
A lot of the motivation for helping the poor comes from two stories Jesus told, one being the Good Samaritan and the other being the story about the sheep and the goats. In context neither of these stories are actually about helping the non-believing poor.Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan in order to
