Posts by John Stasse (Page 8)
God Is
Mother’s Day: Women of the Lord and His Word
In Ligonier’s TableTalk magazine this week in an article entitled, ‘How Much Should I Study Doctrine?’ we are introduced to Jen Wilkin, author of ‘Women of the Word.’ She relates how doctrine became important to her and the struggles along the way.
The Main Thing in this Main Book
Glorying in the Good or God?
“… whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” (1 Cor 10:31)
So often our prayers focus on our good rather than on the glory of God, but by focusing on the glory of God we actually discover our good.
The Symbol of Christianity
‘Life is a dirty trick, a short journey from nothingness to nothingness.’ Ernest Hemmingway
Kirk Coban, of the band Nirvana, found his dairies upon his death in 1994, they found he had written ‘I am a stain. I am so ugly. I hate myself. I want to die.’
Hosanna!
“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” (Matthew 21:9)
Hosanna is a word used in some songs of praise, particularly on ‘Palm Sunday.’ It is of Hebrew origin and was part of the shout of the multitudes as Jesus entered Jerusalem: “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of…
Living unto God
…BUT God
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. (Romans 14:7–8)
Your Two Sons…are Mine
Ephraim and Manasseh were two sons born (in that order) to Joseph and his Egyptian wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On (Heliopolis) (Gen 41:45; 46:20).
As part-Egyptian, questions may have arisen as to their status within the covenant family. Jacob’s determination to bless the two boys bore greater significance, therefore, than might otherwise be…
The Gospel is good news
The Church – Protestant and Reformed (3)
The Church – Protestant and Reformed The Presbyterian Church is often described by the terms Protestant and Reformed. But what are we to understand by that, and in what sense is it true of us today? The ultimate realisation of life is to live to the glory of God There were 5 solas which summed up the biblical theology recovered and proclaimed in the Reformation: Sola…