Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding…

  • Canons of Dort

    For it was the entirely free plan and very gracious will and intention of God the Father that the enlivening and saving effectiveness of his Son’s costly death should work itself out in all the elect, in order that God might grant justifying faith to them only and thereby lead them without fail to salvation. Read more

  • Matthew Henry Monday

    It is the unspeakable privilege and comfort of all those that are in Christ Jesus that there is therefore now no condemnation to them. He does not say, “There is no accusation against them,” for this there is; but the accusation is thrown out, and the indictment quashed. He does not say, “There is nothing Read more

  • Without A Willing Audience, Foolish Talk Dies

    Speaking wicked words is folly, but so is listening to them. Without a willing audience, foolish talk dies. But with listening ears, it spreads. Listening to wicked lips is the behavior of an evildoer. In fact, the listener is himself a liar: “. . . a liar gives ear.” We might tell ourselves that we Read more

  • God is at the Center of Counseling

    God is sovereign, active, speaking, merciful, commanding, and powerful. The Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is the central focus of counseling and the exemplar of the Wonderful Counselor. The Word of God and the work of the Holy Spirit are foundational to all significant and lasting life change. The Word of God is about counseling, Read more

  • Who Should Read the Scriptures in Worship?

    This public reading of the Scripture is treated with such seriousness because it has the capacity to bind the whole community to the same principles—the principles operative for life under the new covenant. By the reading of Scripture, the people are bound together by the public pronouncement of their God-given principles and beliefs. They are Read more