Quote: Philip Melanchthon – Peace
“The conscience cannot come to rest and peace through works, but only through faith, that is, when it is assured and knows that for Christ’s sake it has a gracious God, as Paul says in Romans 5:1, “Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God.” — Philip Melanchthon
Verse: Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. Proverbs 20:3
Quote: Philip Melanchthon – Faith
“…faith signifies not only knowledge of history, but trust in the mercy promised because of Christ, or assent to the promise of grace.” — Philip Melanchthon
Casting Crowns – Come to the Well
Casting Crowns has a new album on the way and I have confidence it will be filled with more biblical based music. I liked the last album (Until the Whole World Hears) but was disappointed hearing them in concert in a church with a poor sound system. I am looking forward to this one and […]
Folly and a raging heart.
When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord. Proverbs 19:3 It amazes me every day people that blame God for their trouble. Couple things in this verse stand out to me. Man’s folly: This is man’s doing, his sin, his efforts, his action, not God’s. Man’s way: This […]
Hope
HOPE: the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best Romans 5:2-5 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, […]
Sick
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 Just one word to focus on for me in this, and that word is SICK. The Hebrew word translated “sick” has a great way of looking at this, the hope deferred already suggests that it is taking to much time or […]
Quote: Philip Melanchthon
(On the awakening of the conscience to the reality of sin and the necessity of the Gospel) “Those whom conscience has terrified in this manner would most surely be driven to despair, the usual condition of the condemned, if they were not lifted up and encouraged by the promise of the grace and mercy of God, commonly […]
Quote: C.S. Lewis
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. — C.S. Lewis
Quote: C.S. Lewis
A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell. — C.S. Lewis