A sermon may put you to sleep. It may pass over you without leaving its mark -- or it may very well pierce your heart, lodge within your soul, humble you and change your life. Such was last week's message from our pastor as he began Luke's version of the Sermon on the...
After posting Three Crosses, Two Crowns, One Sacrifice I wanted to do this follow-up. In that article, images depicted everything clean as if the cross of Christ was never used. The crowns were those of earthly kings. The precious sweet lamb was untouched, alive in...
In this Year of Humility we have been learning from Andrew Murray’s Humility (PDF) the meaning, the means, and the working of humility in the Christian life. In this tenth chapter we come to the aim of humility, the end goal, and that is, death. Let us remember where...
Who of us, born of flesh and blood, could honestly say that we don’t care what other people think of us? There is a healthy attitude of how we ought to appear to others as far as our manner and conduct. Our desire should be to reflect the image of Christ. In this...
To benefit by all that Andrew Murray wrote on this subject we must each read this for ourselves. What I am attempting to do with this review of chapter 8 of Humility (PDF) is to combine this with Romans 5:12-21 after the preaching of our pastor’s August 31 sermon....
How important are the teachings of Jesus in the world today? The writer of the book of Hebrews began with these words, “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his...
“Are you clothed with humility?” Andrew Murray leaves us with this question in the third chapter of Humility. To understand what he is asking we must look carefully at this most important chapter in his book. PDF I am led to ask another question, “What does real...
Consumer advocates continue to report the dangers of a polluted world. We are told how to avoid certain toxins and how to overcome others. Our mind-set changes as we gain new knowledge of what affects us physically and personally. The same is true as we consider what...
The following story is a result of God’s working in three particular areas ~ ~ in my studying and praying for this first chapter on humility; in my praying for wisdom to write a letter to encourage our granddaughter, Kourtney, who is turning eighteen this month, and...