Dear Father in heaven who could with perfect justice condemn us all to eternal damnation because of our multitude of sins, but who did choose to show mercy unto us…
Dear Father in heaven Who has said of Your people, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you.” (Jer. 31:3) By…
Walking through the halls of St. Luke’s, I look at the patient ticker on the waiting room wall and ponder the work of the surgeon in sobering admiration. I recognize…
Spreading out from the Italian peninsula into Greece and Spain, Turkey and Israel, Egypt and Libya, Morocco and Algerian, France and the Netherlands, parts of Germany and up into England,…
In the year that King Uzziah died, this is what the prophet Isaiah saw: the Lord sat upon a throne, high and lifted up with the train (end) of His…
“But when the Helper comes…” The word “Helper” from our text comes from the Greek word which, transliterated into English, is pronounced ‘paraclete.’ No, it is not a small, colorful…
Several years ago, I had the privilege to serve on part of a traveling vacation bible school team who helped serve our sister congregation in the San Francisco metro area.…
“Be doers of the word, not hearers only.” This is how James begins our section. That may sound like a simple, obvious directive. Yet, lest we take this charge for…
There are many portions of Scripture that match the directive of our sermon text, which directs us to “sing to the Lord,” “Praise the Lord,” and “Declare His deeds.” These…
“I have no strings to hold me down, to make me fret, to make me frown. I had strings, but now I’m free. There are no strings on me.” Perhaps…