This majestic hymn, and the eternal truths it expresses, are so much more than just another Christmas carol. As you celebrate the birth of Christ, drink in deeply both the wonderful truth of "God and sinners reconciled" and the fervent prayer: "Adam’s likeness, Lord, efface; stamp Thine image in …
Thanksgiving Day will be celebrated November 22. It is a day when many families get together to serve a big meal and enjoy one another’s company. Many of us have very pleasant memories from our childhood of this special day. But Thanksgiving Day is about more than just making good family memories. …
During the heydays of steam power, boiler rooms were a familiar concept all round the world. Boiler Rooms powered everything from huge commercial machines in factories to household heating systems. While giving a tour of his church to a group of people Charles Spurgeon, the great British preacher …
At most baseball games and other public functions, only one of the four stanzas of the Star Spangled Banner -- our national anthem -- is normally sung. While this is understandable because of time constraints, it is regrettable because the soul-stirring and God-honoring conclusion of this anthem is …
I have been lately studying, meditating, preaching, and praying through the Lord's Prayer. In considering the first and great request "Hallowed be thy name," I came across this paradigm-shifting, priority-rearranging, prayer-transforming quote from John MacArthur: This is the first request… And …
The United States Supreme Court recently handed down what is doubtless one of the most historic, and tragic, decisions since Roe vs. Wade in 1973 opened the door for over 58 million helpless, human babies to be murdered legally. In their recent decision, the Supreme Court attempted to redefine …
...because it is true, and because it is such good news. Take the time to read this aloud -- with your family or alone with God -- and rejoice all over again, giving "glory to God in the Highest": And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, …
"There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise" -- Charles Spurgeon "Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and …
Perhaps, as Thanksgiving Day draws near, you have great blessings to rejoice in and many family members to share them with. Or perhaps instead you have experienced recent grief or significant loss in the past year. But no matter what our immediate circumstance, we can rejoice as Christians in the …
After you've prayed, voted, and perhaps even volunteered, here are some scriptures to remember on Election Day: