Category Archives: love
What’s inside?
God’s Word tells us plainly what He desires within a man: “You desire truth in the inward parts.” (Psalm 51:6). Puritan Thomas Watson explains this plainly to us… Sincerity is of utmost importance to a Christian. It is the sauce … Continue reading
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This is love…
A. W. Pink said — All religion is in effect love. Faith is thankful acceptance, and thankfulness is an expression of love. Repentance is love mourning. Yearning for holiness is love seeking. Obedience is love pleasing. Self-denial is the mortification … Continue reading
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No thinking, no real love for God.
It may be obvious to many of us, but here is a wonderful insight from Piper’s book THINK, The Life of the Mind and the Love of God (Crossway, 2010, page 90; emphasis added) — “The main reason that thinking … Continue reading
Thinking, in order to love God more…
I’ve recently been immersed in the book THINK, The Life of the Mind and the Love of God, by John Piper (Crossway, 2010). It is hard to set down! He answers so many of my questions about reading, thinking and … Continue reading
Love to the utmost
Puritan Matthew Mead presents glorious views of the love of God, which come with freshness and power to modern readers… “Love is the most comfortable attribute in God, and the best name by which we know Him (1 Jn 4:16). … Continue reading
What does God expect of me?
On his new blog, my friend and prayer partner Pastor Ken McHeard asks “What does God really expect of me?” Please click and visit A DEEPER LOOK blog. This is the start of his answer… Have you thought about that … Continue reading
Never orphans
“Do you have a father?” Genesis 44:19 by James Smith (“Bread from Heaven!” 1857) (distributed by Grace Gems) Standing at my window one day, while the cholera was raging in London, I saw two corpses carried by, followed by one … Continue reading
Filed under God, love, Parenting, relationships, suffering
God could not love you more!
Charles Spurgeon on “I have loved you, My people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to Myself!” Jeremiah 31:3 He loved you without beginning. Before years, and centuries, and millenniums began to be counted — … Continue reading
Cohabitation increases odds of divorce
Co-Habitation Before Marriage Increases Divorce Rate from Alex Chediak Blog Sam Roberts, writing for the NY Times, breaks down a study of men and women ages 15 to 44 performed by the National Center for Health Statistics using 2002 data … Continue reading
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Omnipotence
Omnipotence is the attribute of God (alone) describing His unlimited power, and ability to do anything He pleases. Commenting on this, the great 19th century preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon writes…. Omnipotence may build a thousand planets, and fill them with … Continue reading
