“Rise Up, and Call Her Blessed”
Near the end of the description of the worthy woman, Lemuel says, “Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many daughters have done well, But you excel them all’” (Proverbs 31:28-29). This has been a point I’ve thought about a lot. Ephesians 6:1-2 says, “Children, obey your […]
“Who Hath Despised the Day of Small Things?”
God had decreed that Cyrus, king of the Medes and Persians, would release the exiled Jews and allow them to return back to Judea, to rebuild Jerusalem and to lay the foundation for the temple which Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed (Isa. 44:28). Cyrus appointed Zerubbabel (Sheshbazzar) as governor of Judea to accomplish that work (Ezra 5:15). […]
Raising Our Ebenezers
One of the most famously obscure lines in any of our hymns appears in “O Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” It reads, “Here I raise my Ebenezer; hither by Thy help I’ve come.” Most of us, when we hear “Ebenezer,” tend to think “Scrooge,” so the line is confusing. It comes, though, from 1 Samuel […]
Criticizing the Five Step Plan
I recently was sent an article titled, “Do We Have A Catechism?”, written by Ken Green. The form the article took, and the comments following, indicate that brother Green had posted it to his Facebook page. Though brother Green gave no specifics in the article, it was critical of the preaching and attitudes of Christians […]
