Old Wisdom

Because ‘tis less.

Julie / October 26, 2017

I was reading John Bunyan’s “Prison Meditations” tonight and these three little stanzas make a solid little sub-poem that I found very encouraging. We sell our earthly happiness       For heavenly house and home; We leave this world because ’tis less,       And worse than that to come. We change our drossy dust for gold,  …

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Old Wisdom

Praying with the Spirit – Application

Julie / August 31, 2014

by John Bunyan, modernized; scripture quotations from HCSB 1. What it is to pray. 2. What it is to pray with the Spirit. 3. What it is to pray with the Spirit and with the understanding. 4.  Use and application Now, with a word or two of application, we will conclude with, first, a word of information; second, a word…

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Old Wisdom

What it is to Pray with the understanding

Julie / August 23, 2014

by John Bunyan, modernized; scripture quotations from HCSB 1. What it is to pray. 2. What it is to pray with the Spirit. 3. What it is to pray with the Spirit and with the understanding. 4.  Use and application And now to the next thing: what it is to pray with the Spirit and with the understanding also. Paul…

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