From the Year A.D. 200

I wanted to post one other hymn I read this morning in an old Sunday School hymnal from the turn of the last century. I was startled to see that it was attributed to Clement of Alexandria, 200 years after Christ ascended into heaven. (Note the term “devious” has a negative connotation in English today. [...]

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O God, My Faithful God

I want to share this worship hymn from today’s Divine Service. It was first published in 1630.
O God, my faithful God,
True fountain ever flowing,
Without whom nothing is,
All perfect gifts bestowing:
Give me a healthy frame,
And may I have within
A conscience free from blame,
A soul unstained by sin.
Give me the strength to do
With ready heart and [...]

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The Importance of an Early Family Vision

Tom and I have been talking a lot lately about why families struggle so much today to have time for each other and why life is so hurried, rushed and filled with stress. Men feel it as well as women, but several news articles recently have pointed to the true state of American womanhood these [...]

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Seeking For Jesus

“Seeking for Jesus.” John 6:24.
This, my soul, should be your constant employment, wherever you are, however engaged; in going in, or out; at rising up, or lying down; whether in public or private, in the church or market-place; the closet, the family, the garden, the field, the house: the question ever arising in the heart [...]

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The Shepherd’s Scrapbook

I am adding a site to my blogroll today because I have found a place I want you to know about. The Lord has been compelling me to increasingly seek knowledge of and communion with Him above all other ministry activity. The writings of the Puritans are a constant and powerful spur on to prayer [...]

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False Promises

“Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst;
he promises honor and pays with disgrace;
he promises pleasure and pays with pain;
he promises profit and pays with loss;
he promises life and pays with death.”
–Thomas Brooks

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A Thought to Ponder

“In ourselves we have no resources for the battle and journey of life; the fact that their source is outside of ourselves pleads for our trust in Jesus. Grace is not natural to us; holiness is not innate, and our native strength is but another term for utter weakness. Where, then, are our [...]

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Jesus, Refuge of the Weary

Jesus, refuge of the weary,
Blest redeemer, whom we love,
Fountain in life’s desert dreary,
Savior from the world above:
Often have your eyes, offended,
Gazed upon the sinner’s fall;
Yet upon the cross extended,
You have borne the pain of all.
Do we pass that cross unheeding,
Breathing no repentant vow,
Though we see you wounded, bleeding,
See your thorn encircled brow?
Yet you sinless death [...]

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Spiritual Encouragement from Puritan Henry Scougal

When you consider that in today’s culture, a young man of 28-years is not even considered a full adult, (think backwards baseball caps and video games), it is astounding that the author of these powerful writings died at the age of 28. Henry Scougal was dedicated to the service of God and diligently trained by [...]

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Answers Magazine: MacArthur on the State of the Church

Here is an excellent interview with Dr. John MacArthur from Answers Magazine. He sums up very succinctly the emerging chaos.
“This is not an intellectual movement. This is not a movement that has discovered evidence that overturns inspiration, evidence that overturns inerrancy or authority. This is a movement born of people who do not want to [...]

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