Fragile Jars with a Priceless Treasure
When I served as a missionary, I carried with me a brown and yellow backpack I had since the 8th grade. It was functional, but it showed the marks of time. The top handle had broken off back in…
Eric Metzger
“Have You Repented?”
Thomas Watson is one of my favorite Puritans to read. His works are very descriptive and have very concise and short illustrations. He puts repentance into 6 ingredients to be true repentance. Dear church, Jesus declares that unless you repent…
“When Memory Calls”
By: Susan Noyes Anderson When memory calls out to me, I open up life’s book and turn the pages backward for a long and lovely look. The tome, grown heavy in my hands with mostly welcome weight, pushes and pulls…
A Veil of Darkness
In 1738, Charles Wesley wrote a hymn called And Can It Be? and penned these words that describe the natural state of the human heart and what it takes to change it: Long my imprisoned spirit lay, Fast bound…
Discipling the Next Generation
Dear church, it has been one of my greatest joys to teach and disciple our youth for almost seven years now, and I want to thank you for all the prayer and practical support you have invested in the…
HIGHER STANDARDS
The world has mauled biblical standards. In my time through high school, hardly anyone I met wanted a mature partner or a godly relationship; I’ve seen many seek the opposite (and with much desperation). I’ve seen relationships that were terribly…
“My Father’s Voice in Prayer”
In the silence that falls on my spiritWhen the clamor of life loudest seems,Comes a voice that floats in tremulous notesFar over my sea of dreams.I remember the dim old vestry,And my father kneeling there;And the old hymns thrill with…
“The Promises of God to His people!”
A promise from God is a statement we can depend on with absolute confidence. Here are 12 promises for the Christian to claim. God’s presence — “I will never leave thee” (Heb. 13:5) God’s protection — “I am thy shield”…
“God’s Masterpiece is Mother”
By: Herbert Farnham God took pieces of everything wonderful to make moms. God took the fragrance of a flower…The majesty of a tree…The gentleness of morning dew…The calm of a quiet sea…The beauty of the twilight hour…The soul of a…
“Judgement Day”
“The time was the 19th of May 1780. The place was Hartford, Connecticut. The day has gone down in New England history as a terrible foretaste of Judgment Day. For at noon the skies turned from blue to gray and…