Only an Earthly King (Esther 1)

Only an Earthly King (Esther 1)

Only an Earthly King (Esther 1) Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,  2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel,  3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for...
The Son

The Son

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is...
God’s Elect Exiles

God’s Elect Exiles

Friends, This world is not our home.  Do you ever stop and ponder that as God’s children we do not belong to this world?  In fact, through the cross of Jesus Christ this world has been crucified to us and us to the world (Gal. 6:14). That being the case, we are...
Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

This question is the one asked by the Psalmist in Psalm 42.  He expresses his desire for God with these words, “As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?...