These are very optimistic verses, and they shed light on the way God gets glory for Himself through the joy of His people. God may be angry with Israel, but the anger eventually passes and forgiveness comes to replace it. The people may spend nights in weeping over sin or misfortune, but their anxieties are [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Devotional Notes – 15 (Psalm 30:4-5)
Posted in Book of Psalms, Devotional Notes, Richard T. Zuelch on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Devotional Notes – 14 (Ephesians 1:4)
Posted in Book of Ephesians, Devotional Notes, Richard T. Zuelch on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are looking for a way to strengthen your walk with God, one important step to take is to study the biblical doctrine of the believer’s union with Christ. It has been noted that the phrase “in Christ,” and similar phrases (such as “in Him,” “with Him,” etc.), occurs 164 times in the apostle [...]
For the Lord’s Day (76)
Posted in Book of 1 Corinthians, For the Lord's Day on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. (1 Corinthians 16:21-24)
Devotional Notes – 13 (2 Corinthians 13:5)
Posted in Book of 2 Corinthians, Devotional Notes on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you love the Word of God, reading and studying it regularly? Do you love your fellow Christians, praying for them and helping them whenever God gives you an opportunity? Are you concerned about sin in your life and keep short accounts with God as you confess? Are you striving after holiness in your life? [...]
Mark Twain Meets Henry Ward Beecher
Posted in Henry Ward Beecher, Mark Twain on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another booming nineteenth-century industry also caught his attention. He went to Brooklyn Heights’ Plymouth Congregational Church, home of America’s most famous Protestant clergyman, Henry Ward Beecher, whose brilliance was helping to adapt American Puritanism to nineteenth-century middle-class needs. The son of a well-known clerical father among whose prominent children was Henry’s half-sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, [...]
Religion of the Presidents – 41
Posted in Presidential Religion on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
George H. W. Bush (born in 1924) (president: 1989-1993)
Religion: Episcopalian. “I am guided by certain traditions,” Bush declared in his acceptance speech at the 1988 Republican convention. “One is that there’s a God and He is good, and His love, while free, has a self-imposed cost: we must be good to one another.” He was [...]
Religion of the Presidents – 40
Posted in Presidential Religion on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) (president: 1981-1989)
Religion: Disciples of Christ. Presbyterian. Reagan often expressed a deep faith in God but, as president, rarely attended Sunday services. He believed in a divine plan in which everything happens for the best. Yet, he also believed in free will. “We are given a certain control of our destiny because we [...]
Devotional Notes – 12 (Nehemiah 9:6)
Posted in Book of Nehemiah, Devotional Notes, Richard T. Zuelch on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here, from today’s text, is a mini-theology of creation:
You, alone, are the Lord. The three-personed God we worship is still but one God. No idol is God. Nothing in all creation is to be worshiped as God. All human beings and, especially, those who have been redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ, must acknowledge Him, [...]
Devotional Notes – 11 (Job 8:1-4)
Posted in Book of Job, Devotional Notes, Richard T. Zuelch on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the great virtues of the Old Testament is that it constantly reminds us of the difference between God and man. The Bible is not shy about putting us in our place! Job, that righteous man, knew this difference and affirmed it throughout the book even as he insisted that he had done no [...]
For the Lord’s Day (75)
Posted in Book of Psalms, For the Lord's Day on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love the Lord because He has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because He inclined His ear to me, therefore, I will call on Him as long as I live. The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Then, I called [...]
