Tag: spurgeon
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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…
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The Heart-piercing POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT!
The POWER of the Holy Spirit in ACTS What have we observed most in Luke’s early accounts of Acts? Clearly, the further power of the Holy Spirit, which Luke also notes in his Gospel as having descended on Jesus. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a…
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Psalm 34: Like-minded with Peter – 5
We might describe Peter and David as like-minded, that is, men after God’s own heart. Of course, Psalm 34 is a Psalm of David. So what does this Psalm have to do with a letter from Peter (where we left off previously by asking, ‘Why Submit?’)? Psalm 34 would have been familiar to first century…
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Do you believe Jesus? – I doubt it.
Do you despise God? Do you always believe Jesus? I doubt it? Numbers 14:11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them? (ESV) Spurgeon asks: Do you add weight to…
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And Walk in Love
Some may be familiar with the song: Footprints in the Sand. Many of us are familiar with the comfort of the poem: Footprints in the Sand. The poem speaks of the comfort of our Lord, Christ Jesus, during those most difficult times when we thought that we were walking alone. The poem was likely inspired by…
