by Paraclete Press | Jul 26, 2015 | Covenant, Law, Terms of Heart
In past posts we have talked extensively about David in the way that God Himself described him, namely as the man after His own heart. And we have looked recently at the psalmist’s love not only for his Lord, but also for his devotion to and respect for the law, as he...
by Paraclete Press | Jul 19, 2015 | Covenant, Law, Terms of Heart, Voice
If you were asked to define your faith, where would you begin? More particularly, if you were required to explain the basis of your belief in God, as well as your understanding of the character of who or what God is, what words would you use? Suppose describing your...
by Paraclete Press | Jul 4, 2015 | Law, Terms of Heart, Vision
Yesterday I awoke with the opening line of Randall Thompson’s great choral work The Testament of Freedom playing in my head. It begins “The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.” The words of that hymn were not Thompson’s. He lifted them from A...