Silenced: A Political Poem
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! I know most people try to avoid politics when they’re gathered around the turkey table, but I just wanted to share this with you real quick. Earlier […]
Journey Through The Hymns: Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (Part Three)
Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome,God’s free bounty glorify;True belief and true repentance,Every grace that brings you nigh In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus said to those around him, “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, […]
Charles Spurgeon: The Counterfeit Christian
Recently I’ve been reading a good amount of Charles Spurgeon’s writing. This week I came across an “illustration” in his book Flowers From A Puritan’s Garden that I thought was too good not to share. In the book it’s titled “The Bright Counterfeit.” A counterfeit coin may look better and […]
Journey Through the Hymns: Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (Part Two)
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,Weak and wounded, sick and sore; Have you noticed a trend in these great hymns of the faith? Such as that most of them begin with a declaration of man’s radical depravity? Look at the way the first verse of this hymn portrays humanity: poor, […]
Great Quotes: John Flavel
“They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud.”― John Flavel “Providence is like a curious piece of tapestry made of a thousand shreds, which, single, appear useless, but put together, they represent a beautiful history to the eye.”― John Flavel “The Providence of God is like […]
The Cancer That Is Killing America: A Warning to America and the Free World
With everything that’s going on in our country nowadays, many people are finding it hard to see past the violence and media and see what is actually happening to America. […]
Weekly Hymn #4: My Lord, I Did Not Choose You
My Lord, I Did Not Choose You Joseph Conder My Lord, I did not choose you For that could never be My heart would still refuse You Had You not chosen me You took the sin that stained me You cleansed me, made me new Of old You have ordained […]
JTTH: Amazing Grace (Part Five)
The Lord has promised good to me His word my hope secures He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures When we’ve been there ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we first begun I’m […]
JTTH: Amazing Grace (Part Four)
Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far And grace will lead me home When we hear the phrase “amazing grace,” we often think of saving grace, the grace that God displays when He saves sinners and brings us out […]
JTTH: How Sweet and Aweful is the Place (Part Four)
This is the fourth post in the Journey Through the Hymns series, and we’re still on the first hymn. But I’m really, really going to try to buckle down and wrap this one up this time, I promise. Just bear with me. Okay. Here we go. Let’s look at the […]
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