Luke 5:1-11 is a tremendously powerful little story. Jesus sees two boats, and the fishermen washing their nets—after a long night of catching nothing. The fishermen are Peter, James, and John, partners in a fishing enterprise (v. 10). Jesus gets in the boat, and He tells Peter to go out deep and put out the nets. The nets they just…
Category: Musings
What is Prayer (Part 1 of 4)
John Bunyan ~ modernized, with Scripture quotes from the HCSB. I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with my understanding. – 1 Corinthians 14:15 PRAYER is an ORDINANCE [law] of God, to be used both in public and private. It is such an ordinance that it brings those with the spirit of supplication into great familiarity…
Propostions on Faith
Richard Baxter, A Christian Directory, Book 1, ch. 3 A life of godliness is our living unto God as God, as being absolutely addicted to him. A life of faith is a living upon the unseen, everlasting happiness as purchased for us by Christ, with all the necessaries thereto, and freely given us by God. The contrary life of sense…