by Timothy Shorey | Dec 16, 2020 | The Christian Life, Youth
Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:1-14 Zeno Zapped I don’t like riddles. My brain freezes over when someone zings me with a confusing question with no easy answer. Zeno, on the other hand, loved riddles. He’s a dead guy from over 2,000 years ago; a really smart Greek geek who...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 12, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Today’s Reading: Psalm 20 Spurgeon Comment “If David had not been vexed with wars, we might never have been favored with such psalms as this. [Sometimes] there is a need for the trials of one saint, that he may yield consolation to others. A happy people here plead...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 8, 2020 | Devotional Reflections, The Christian Life
People choose strange names for their children. From the silly (I know of a girl born on the way to the hospital who was named “Carsita”), to the dark (like the son who was called “Adolf Hitler Campbell”, and his sister, called “Aryan Nation”); names given to kids are...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 5, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Today’s Reading: Psalm 19 Spurgeon Comment “In his earliest days the psalmist, while keeping his father’s flock, had devoted himself to the study of God’s two great books—nature and Scripture; and he had so thoroughly [studied] these two volumes in his...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 2, 2020 | The Christian Life, Youth
Getting Started There are two groups in the world: wind-chasers and worshipers. Those that grasp at empty air, and those who seek God. I’m sorry, but there aren’t any other options. And the truth is that you are living one of those two choices right now—and your whole...
