By grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone
My parents knew a Harry Butts; I knew an April Showers—really. What were you thinking Mr. and Mrs. Butts?—you, too, Mr. and Mrs. Showers? A few days ago in Slate.com, Joseph Norwood wrote an article entitled A Boy Named ‘Humiliation’: Some Wacky, Cruel, and Bizarre Puritan Names (September 13). Norwood doesn’t strike me as a […]
There is no way around it; Psalm 88 is a dark psalm. Life is hard at the beginning. “My soul is full of troubles and my life draws near to Sheol [death]” (v. 3). Life is hard in the middle. “I am shut in so that I cannot escape; my eye grows dim through sorrow” […]
“Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck,” cries David the beginning of Psalm 69. It has been a difficult week; death tragically and unexpectedly descended upon our church. “I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold,” continued the king. We know what that feels like; some of […]
The following is chapter 24, the final chapter in the children’s series, If They Could Talk, the story of our redemption as it unfolds from Genesis to Revelation. This is the story of the promised new heaven and a new earth and the promise of being face to face with God forever in Revelation 21 […]
The following is chapter 23 in the children’s series, If They Could Talk, the story of our redemption as it unfolds from Genesis to Revelation. This is the story of Pentecost in Acts 2. My Friends, His plan seemed so foolish; yet in the end, it was so wise. Who but the Creator God could […]
The following is chapter 22 in the children’s series, If They Could Talk, the story of our redemption as it unfolds from Genesis to Revelation. This is the story of Jesus’ ascension in Luke 24 and Acts 1. My Friends, He was here, He was there; forty days of comings and goings. He would appear; […]
The following is chapter 21 in the children’s series, If They Could Talk, the story of our redemption as it unfolds from Genesis to Revelation. This is the story of Jesus’ resurrection in Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20. My Friends, I know there have been many dark days since the Fall; […]
The following is chapter 20 in the children’s series, If They Could Talk, the story of our redemption as it unfolds from Genesis to Revelation. This is the story of Jesus’ crucifixion and death in Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, and John 19. My Friends, How did it come to this? How did it […]
The following is chapter 19 in the children’s series, If They Could Talk, the story of our redemption as it unfolds from Genesis to Revelation. This is the story of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem in Matthew 21, Luke 19, and John 12. My Friends, Now was the time; three years of teaching, three years […]
The following is chapter 18 in the children’s series, If They Could Talk, the story of our redemption as it unfolds from Genesis to Revelation. This is the story of Jesus’ public ministry in Luke 5. My Friends, He could do anything. He could do everything. He simply spoke the word. He commanded, and it […]
The following is chapter 17 in the children’s series, If They Could Talk, the story of our redemption as it unfolds from Genesis to Revelation. This is the story of the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry in Luke 4. My Friends, It had been thirty years since the Star shone bright over Bethlehem’s manger; thirty […]
The following is chapter 16 in the children’s series, If They Could Talk, the story or our redemption as it unfolds from Genesis to Revelation. This is the story of Jesus’ birth as found in Luke 2. This reworked version first appeared as a blog on December 22, 2011 My Friends, It seems but yesterday, […]