One Eternal Day

"O’er all those wide extended plains / Shines one eternal day;
     "There God the Son forever reigns / And scatters night away."

Monday, November 12, 2012

Skyfall

›
Within the last couple of days I read an account of a funeral at which the deceased wishes were expressed that those attending should go se...

"The worst form of government..."

›
I've always thought Churchill's description of our form of government was the wisest way to think about it. David Koyzis provides t...
Sunday, November 11, 2012

An exhortation to Prayer

›
From Hymns by William Cowper, 1779: 29. Exhortation to Prayer. What various hindrances we meet In coming to a mercy seat! Yet who...

November 11

›
Friday, November 9, 2012

Abortion and evangelicals

›
Responding to the argument that evangelical opposition to abortion is recent and grew from political rather than biblical or theological o...

Escaping the eye of judgment

›
Decades ago conversation with someone who had "lost" faith convinced me that at least one reason for atheism is the desire not to...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

"God is His own interpreter"

›
For only $.99 from Amazon Kindle: William Cowper's Hymns . Cowper wrote two of my favorites, "Sometimes a Light," and "...

To the God of earth and Heaven

›
Firmly I believe and truly God is Three, and God is One; And I next acknowledge duly Manhood taken by the Son. Simply to His grac...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

No abiding city

›
"...[T]here is no such thing as a Lost Cause because there is no such thing as a Gained Cause. We fight for lost causes because we kn...

"God, our Maker, doth provide..."

›
Hymnary.org [a great site for anyone who loves hymns] has scanned and made available every hymn from The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcop...
Sunday, November 4, 2012

Foolish dreams

›
The Silver Chair is one of my favorites among the Narnia series and the chapter titled "The Queen of Underland" is one of the re...
Friday, November 2, 2012

Pessimism and happiness

›
From a 2006 George Will column : .... Conservatives are happier than liberals because they are more pessimistic. Conservatives think the ...

“When you get into the end zone, act like you’ve been there before.”

›
Mark Tapson approves of efforts to encourage a more restrained approach to football triumph: It’s long been a familiar sight to National...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Alleluia!

›
For all the saints, who from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever bles...

Wise leaders

›
Evaluations of American Presidents can change quite a bit over time. Few think as well of JFK as they did just a few years ago. US Grant...

"God’s good servants first"

›
Pennsylvania's Catholic bishops indicate how Catholics ought to be thinking about next week's elections: "On the 2012 Election...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

"In hoc signo vinces"

›
Benjamin Wiker, on a recent anniversary: "Constantine’s Gift to Christianity" : On October 28, 312, Emperor Constantine met Emp...

"Sinning saints, righteous wretches, ...even justified jerks"

›
On this Reformation Day, Kevin DeYoung reminds us of one of the most important reasons we are Protestants: On October 31, 1517, Martin L...

The election

›
Thomas Kidd has some excellent suggestions about what evangelicals should do and should not do as election day approaches: Do pray for ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Halloween is an occasion for joy, not fear

›
I've posted this several times in years past as Halloween has approached. I was reminded to do so again today by reading an article by a...
‹
›
Home
View web version

Standfast:

My photo
Standfast
"I thought we had an honest man upon the Road, and therefore should have his Company by and by." "If you thought not amiss" said Standfast "how happy am I, but if I be not as I should, I alone must bear it."
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.