by Timothy Shorey | Nov 25, 2020 | Biblical Studies, The Christian Life, Theology
Talking about Holiness Robert Murray McCheyne was a 19th century pastor noted for his personal holiness. In his devotional meditations, which are fragrant with the love of Christ, he reflects that he would glorify God most, and serve others best “by attaining the most...
by Timothy Shorey | Nov 21, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Reading: Psalm 18:31-42 Cardiphonia:* Having expressed his simple faith in Psalm 18:1-6, God’s powerful response in Psalm 18:7-19, and then again his confidence in God’s vindicating deliverance in Psalm 18:20-29, David (who represents his future son, Jesus) now...
by Timothy Shorey | Nov 17, 2020 | The Christian Life, Youth
Zits, Bullies, and Sea Gulls Junior high wasn’t fun for me. Kids loved to mock my thirteen-year-old 6’4″ clumsy, weirdly-put-together body. On top of my much-larger-than-average body was a much-bigger-than-average head, covered with a...
by Timothy Shorey | Nov 14, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Reading: Psalm 18:20-30 (suggested to review 1-19) (No Spurgeon quote) Cardiphonia:* In this third section of Psalm 18, the mood changes again as the sacred hymn-writer expounds the final thought of the previous section: the Lord’s delight in his children. In Psalm...
by Timothy Shorey | Nov 11, 2020 | Cultural and Biblical Justice, Grace and Race, The Christian Life
Wielding a Kitchen Extinguisher Back in 1999, our wood stove overheated, igniting our fireplace wall. While we waited for hose-bearing firefighters to arrive, my then 16-year-old son and I stood face to face with the flaming wall; me with a standard-sized extinguisher...
