Little Words
Dear Brothers, Sometimes, small words make all the difference! In Sunday's gospel, the parable of the weeds (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43), there are two small words to which I pray the Spirit enables me to cling! ...
With Jesus’ Eyes
Dear Brothers, "Man looks at things; God sees through them" (Christian Dogmatics, Vol. I, 448). Want evidence of Pieper's point? Observe Jesus in Sunday's gospel (Mt 9:35 - 10:8). In town after town Jesus doesn't ...
Divine Communication
Dear Brother, "He will not speak of his own; he will speak only what he hears" (John 16:13). Did you catch the glimpse of an astounding mystery of the interaction of the persons of the ...
Voice Lessons
Dear Brother, How are your voice lessons going? "His sheep follow him because they know his voice" (John 10:4). One way to summarize our calling as God's children is to speak of it as voice ...
His Active Obedience
Dear Brothers, Consider their advantages. They lived in a perfect world filled with clear evidences of their heavenly Father's love. Their home was a garden in which every earthly need was more than adequately met. ...
A Light of the World
Dear Brothers, As a child, the Olympics fascinated me. With eyes glued to the TV, I loved hearing NBC's Olympic fanfare. But as years passed, I've grown weary of the humanistic pride of the "Olympic ...
Word Made Flesh
Dear Brothers, In Dangerous Calling David Tripp warns every pastor of losing his awe of God. Tripp quotes an address by Benjamin Warfield: Other men, oppressed by the hard conditions of life, sunk in the ...
The Coming Wrath
Dear Brothers, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?" (Matthew 3:7) If I were a betting man, I'd place a large wager that you've never seen this greeting on ...
The Master’s Mina
Dear Brothers, The cloth in which he laid away his master's mina was meant for wiping the sweat off his brow as he labored with all his might to put his master's money "to work" ...