Perspectives: Our Sabbath Rest

"Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience...for if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of …

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The Narrow Gate: A Grain of Wheat

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." - Jesus Christ This is an updated post from 2021. John 12:23-26 …

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When I First Heard Him

Have you ever recognized when our God is communicating with you by way of your spirit? Frank Viola describes it as "the voice without words." That is one of the best descriptions I have heard. Perhaps you have experienced this as well. Perhaps you know that rarely is it an externally audible voice, like when …

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Perspectives: Love for Our God

"There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love." - Peter Kreeft On a snowy night in January of 1980, I had a crisis moment. The crisis came after reading the response of Jesus to a question regarding the greatest commandment. According to Jesus, the greatest commandment is to love our God …

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The Hymnary: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

Horatius Bonar, born Edinburgh in 1808, wrote over 600 hymns and renditions of various psalms. He also wrote Christian poetry and prose. His early writing included a line of Gospel tracts known as the "Kelso Tracts," due to the fact that he was a pastor in Kelso, Scotland when he wrote them. In 1843, he …

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The New Covenant in Scripture – Jeremiah 6:16

"Thus says the Lord:Stand at the crossroads and look,    and ask for the ancient paths,where the good way lies; and walk in it,    and find rest for your souls.But they said, “We will not walk in it.” - Jeremiah 6:16 The Hebrew word," crossroads" here is better rendered as "a journey, a course of life, mode of …

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