Tag: Psalms

  • DOCTRINE – WHO SAYS?

    GOD IS One and FIRST Is God’s TRUTH not found in SCRIPTURE? “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him. 1 Kings 18:21b CSB – the question of the Prophet Elijah to the sons of Israel and false prophets at Mount Carmel It’s a great QUESTION Elijah asks of…

    Inerrant TRUTH: Our reasoned Biblical Faith
  • in the time of old age

    Funerals and Feasts It seems that Providence has brought me to more funerals than feasts lately. We thank God for those wedding feasts and monthly social gatherings of friends. Births of children and grandchildren bring great joy to the hearts of the living and memories of our aging generation. But now that I have surpassed…

    Daffodils coming back to life and blooming in early spring
  • Ghosts of Christmas’ Past

    We are of course familiar with the image of ghosts of Christmas’ past thanks to Charles Dickens, ‘A Christmas Carol,’ penned in A.D. 1843. Dickens points toward a morality of generosity during a great 19th century division between a well-off gentry class and the working poor. Even today his theme of the repentance of Scrooge…

    Much has changed in Christianity and Church jargon since the 19th and 29th centuries. Tuesday, December 27, 2011: Ghost of Christmas Past This is a photograph that hangs inside Trinity depicting one of my predecessors on the front steps on a snowy day about a hundred years ago, 1872 church.