I am constantly challenged to pray ‘better.’ So I have started to use these prayers recorded in Paul’s letters: ‘I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and… Read more »
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For the Term of His Natural Life
‘The utter incapacity of the chaplain to understand his wants was so sublime that it was nearly ridiculous enough to make him laugh. He turned his eyes downward to the texts. Good Meekin, in the fulness of his stupidity, had selected the fiercest denunciations of bard and priest. The most notable of the Psalmist’s curses… Read more »
A stranger on the earth – Spiritual declension
The Bible contains a number of narratives describing spiritual declension, as the people of Israel departed from the true God and His ways. The book of Judges describes one such period. We read; ‘The people served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, and who had seen all… Read more »