There is a strategy of investigative inquiry that turns one question into another question. Sometimes it drives me crazy! Like when you ask someone what they think about your new coat and they simply respond – “What do you think?” Jesus used this tactic frequently. In Matthew 16:13-20 Jesus was …
A merry heart is like a medicine It’s soothing for your sadness, gives you joy; So lift your voice and let your spirit soar True happiness is yours without alloy. — Hess Last Saturday’s Annual meeting at Riverside brought to my memory an article I wrote in 2006 after I …
Thank You Jesus for your willing sacrifice to give your lifeblood for me on Calvary. My sin upon Your shoulders my debt paid in full, dear suffering Servant Heaven’s entry guaranteed, unworthy soul that I am washed White from Crimson Red. Empty tomb of sacrificial grace leads me to heaven’s …
PROMISE Agreement, pledge, contract (Acts 1:4) Obedient and faithful people received the fulfillment of God’s promises (Romans 4:13-14) The Puritan Thomas Brooks was right: “Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, …
