"When you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words."MATTHEW 6:7+Our Father KnowsThere are those who think that it is a prayer ...  Read More

The LORD has disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.PSALM 118:18+We Shall Not Die, But LiveWe should recognize this verse as a masterpiece. How mightily the psalmist banishes d...  Read More

He has caused His wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful.PSALM 111:4+The Names of GodHe does not simply put down His name as only "God and Lord" but as "the gracious and me...  Read More

"Will not God give justice to His elect, who cry to Him day and night? Will He delay long over them? I tell you, He will give justice to them speedily."LUKE 18:7-8+When God's Help BeginsAn earnest and...  Read More

Devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.1 TIMOTHY 4:13+Certain KnowledgeIn Romans 15:4 it is Paul's wish "that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the ...  Read More

Now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?GALATI...  Read More

"Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father."JOHN 14:9+The Revealed GodGod says to you: "Behold, you have My Son. Listen to Him, and receive Him. If you do this, you are already sure about your faith and...  Read More

We know that for those who love God all things work together for good.ROMANS 8:28+Making Evil GoodThis is the work and skill of God, to . . . make evil matters good when we have spoiled and harmed mat...  Read More

"Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for My name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life."MATTHEW 19:29+For His Name'...  Read More

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He has commanded us.1 JOHN 3:23+The Narrow HeartHuman frailty has a heart too narrow to grasp...  Read More

[Christ] gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.GALATIANS 1:4+Gazing upon Christ[As Christ does in the Gospel of John, here Paul...  Read More

"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things."JOHN 14:26+The Proper TouchstoneOur whole quarrel with all these factions revolves about their cla...  Read More