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And … the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. (verses 8-9 of Luke 2, ESV) After quite a bit of study and contemplation, for now, I’ve settled on a definition of God’s glory that goes something like this: God’s glory is the shinning…

Sometimes the consequence of a slight movement is catastrophe. A heel is caught and a person plunges headlong down a flight of stairs never to be the same again. A hand jerks on a wheel and, in a few seconds, parallel lines of cars are reconfigured into highway wreckage. A…

In his book, The Doctrine of God,  Dr. John Frame of Reformed Theological Seminary notes that … “God’s compassion is a model for ours: ‘If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity [splangchnal] on him, how can the love of God be in…

And in this matter I give my judgment this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out…

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. …  Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish…

“… things into which angels long to look.” 1 Peter 1:12 ESV  What do angels greatly desire to gaze at? The obvious answer is “your salvation.” Or, more precisely, “The angels ache to gaze at what God did to bring about your salvation.” What God did is encapsulated in the…

The other night I watched an interview Piers Morgan did with Arnold Schwarzenegger to promote Schwarzenegger’s new book, “Total Recall.” During the interview, Piers asked Arnold to go back to the time when he was a small boy in Austria living in a tiny house with no plumbing or phone…

I’ve had a really hard time thinking this week.  I don’t know if it was because I was tired or sick or both, but I have struggled extremely hard with my own achy body and sluggish mind to get my work done.  So my constant prayers have been, “Father, cause…

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.  For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.  Luke 9:23-24, ESV “Truly, truly, I…

Jonathan Edwards, most noted in literature for his sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,”  and in history for his part in the revival known as “The Great Awakening,” is still regarded as one of America’s greatest thinkers. I love Edwards’ sermons. He uses words to construct vivid…