“When I stand before the throne Dress’d in beauty not my own, When I see Thee as Thou art, Love Thee with unsinning heart, Then, Lord, shall I fully know – Not till then – how much I owe. Chosen not for good in me, Waken’d up from wrath to flee, Hidden in the Saviour’s […]
Grace
All Due to Grace
All that I was, my sin my guilt, My death was all mine own; All that I am, I owe to Thee, My gracious God, alone. The evil of my former state Was mine, and only mine; The good in which I now rejoice Is Thine, and only Thine. The darkness of my […]
Covenant Security
My God, the covenant of Thy love Abides for ever sure; And in its matchless grace I feel My happiness secure. Philip Doddridge, 1775 Covenant theology is a concept nearly foreign to many American Christians today. We are covenant illiterate, and it is unfortunate to be honest. While theologians can certainly get into the bottomless […]
Living by Faith in God’s Promises
This post is based on Genesis 24v1-28 and is best understood after reading said passage. Scripture has a certain unique quality to it – a strangeness rather – that has a way, or the ability to pull us into itself. We step into it, and it gets bigger. Then it beckons us take another step, and it widens. […]
A Provision of Peace
This post is based on Genesis 21v22-34. It would be best to read that passage first, then read this post. Peace, much like happiness, is something that every human being wants and craves, if they do not have it. Peace is a good thing. A lack of peace often keeps us up at night. A […]