Category Archives: Future
Ryle: Do not be cast down over sickness
You need not be cast down by sickness. The eternal part of you is safe and provided for, whatever happens to your body. You may well look calmly on death. It opens a door between you and your inheritance. You … Continue reading
Life without dismay
The venerable old J. C. Ryle observed, The person who has Christ, has life. They can look around them on the temporary things and see change and decay on every side without dismay. They have got treasure in heaven, which … Continue reading
Filed under Christianity, Future, heaven, life
We shall thank God for every storm
“If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange thing, if we have to endure sicknesses, losses, bereavements, and disappointments, just like other men. Free pardon and … Continue reading
My Memorial Day Prayer
Almighty God, our Father in heaven — As we gather on this Memorial Day, we bow our heads and thank you, Lord, for pouring out your great mercy and your amazing grace upon America. We have been blessed, perhaps more … Continue reading
Filed under America, Current Events, death, Future, God, government, History, Liberty, Personal, prayer
The Return of Jesus Christ!
God’s Word, the Bible, clearly says that no man knows the time of the return of Jesus (verses below, linked to their ESV context). Thus it is folly, rebellion and sin to declare a date for the Second Coming of … Continue reading
Christians as sojourners on earth…
Fellow believer, this world is not our home. The psalmist declares, “I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me!” (Ps. 119:19). Puritan Thomas Manton’s sermon on this text lists several reasons for this “strangers on … Continue reading
Begin the new year with fresh humility
I’ve just finished reading the book JOB in a day (as I work to finish reading the whole Bible in 2010). It is a powerful thing to arrive at chapter 38 and hear the voice of God break through the … Continue reading
God says, “I will guide you…”
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go; I will guide you with My eye.” Psalm 32:8 John MacDuff — “THE THOUGHTS OF GOD” No more precious assurance can I have, than this: that … Continue reading
Gospel dreams…
“One thing is certain, unless we see visions, dream dreams, and make plans, there will be no great steps forward in the work of the Gospel.” – James Montgomery Boice, Romans, Vol. 4: A New Humanity; Baker Books, 1995.
Filed under evangelism, Future
Running the race…
We are to run our race “looking unto Jesus.” We are to run, depending on Him for salvation, renouncing all trust in our own poor frail exertions, and counting our own performances no better than filthy rags, and resting wholly … Continue reading
