It is because we believe in redemption that we are able to thank God for our creation. ~ Adolph Saphir, Our Day-Life, Thoughts on John IX: 4 (New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1878), p. 81 I talk with people from time to time who, facing down the pain and difficulty of life, say “It’dContinue reading “(Fallen) Creation and (Warm) Redemption”
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Teaching Daniel 2 and 6 to Kids
This August, I had the opportunity to teach kids club 2 (Sunday school) twice. It’s a valuable thing, and a joy to me. I wanted to share what we did because it went, as far as I can tell, really well! I wrote two skits, gave the kids a role in it, and they readContinue reading “Teaching Daniel 2 and 6 to Kids”
Last Battles
Tash is only another name for Aslan. All that old idea of us being right and the Calormenes wrong is silly. We know better now. The Calormenes use different words but we all mean the same thing. Tash and Aslan are only two different names for you know Who. That’s why there can never beContinue reading “Last Battles”
Detox Your Soul
We are not just called to a glorious task but to a glorious Person. It is tremendously liberating to know that before God calls you to a task, he calls you to a Person; before he calls you to serve, he calls you to be served. Our greatest duty is to give our minds andContinue reading “Detox Your Soul”
The Gospel in a Single Verse – 2 Corinthians 5:21
20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. That whereas they might conceive him most unjustly toContinue reading “The Gospel in a Single Verse – 2 Corinthians 5:21”
Falling Higher
My brethren, God doth not save us merely by predestination, he doth not glorify us merely by predestination. ~ Thomas Goodwin, The Works of Thomas Goodwin, Volume 2 Likewise, some are much troubled, because they proceed by a false method and order in judging of their estates. They will begin with election, which is theContinue reading “Falling Higher”
Your Own Worst Pharisee
Another cause of disquiet is, that men by a natural kind of popery seek for their comfort too much sanctification, neglecting justification, relying too much upon their own performances. St Paul was of another mind, accounting all but dung and dross, compared to the righteousness of Christ, Philippians 3:8, 9. This is that garment, wherewithContinue reading “Your Own Worst Pharisee”
Using Both Eyes
…a man be disquieted for sin, for which not to be disquieted is a sin, yet we may look too much, and too long upon it; for the soul hath a double eye, one to look to sin, another to look up to God’s mercy in Christ. ~ Richard Sibbes, The Soul’s Conflict With Itself,Continue reading “Using Both Eyes”
False Fears, False Cures
Ignorance, being darkness, is full of false fears. In the night time men think every bush a thief. Our forefathers in time of ignorance were frighted with everything; therefore it is the policy of popish tyrants, taught them from the prince of darkness, to keep the people in darkness, that so they might make themContinue reading “False Fears, False Cures”
Trusting, Even As… – Adolph Saphir
The follow is an excerpt from Adolph Saphir’s book Our Life-Day, published in 1878. You can read the book here: https://standingbeforegodblog.wordpress.com/the-works-of-adolph-saphir/ The humble soul rejoices in this dependence, even as the all-generous God delights in being our shelter, our strength, and our everlasting home. God, who is our only help, who is nearer to us thanContinue reading “Trusting, Even As… – Adolph Saphir”
Standing Before God, This We Are and No More 