Archive for November 2016
Being in Order to Do
Life seems to get busier and busier these days. There’s always more to do … tasks that demand our attention. Technology is bringing us more automated helpers. Smart vacuum cleaners roam through rooms, hopefully gobbling up unwanted dust; robots are becoming sophisticated assistants. iPhone’s Siri, Android’s Google Now, and GPS devices are to help us…
Read MoreThe Price and Power of Redemption
[A classic commentary on Revelation gives this exposition of 5:9-14–the concluding praise choruses of an apocalyptic vision of the exalted Son of God in heaven. May we sincerely echo this worship of our glorious Redeemer.] “Worthy are You To take the Book, And to open the seals thereof, Because You were slain And did purchase…
Read MoreA Defense of “The Second Blessing”
[The reader will observe that the term “Second Blessing” may or may not be used, but the pattern of entering into identification with Christ by faith is a much need blessing. Technically, the “life hid with Christ in God (Col. 3:1-4) is the personal appropriation of the blessings given spiritually at the new birth (Eph.…
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