by Paraclete Press | Oct 13, 2015 | Covenant, Terms of Heart, Vision
Psalm 103 is surely one of the most familiar of all the psalms and its opening line often quoted or adapted in prayer, sermon and song. The majority of the standard English texts over the centuries– from the King James to the recent English Standard Version and...
by Paraclete Press | Aug 16, 2015 | Covenant, Law, Vision
What might foxes have to do with faith? I have been contemplating that strange question lately, and I believe the answer is “quite a bit.” All last week, no matter where I turned, it seemed that I was encountering foxes. For the most part, they were those...
by Paraclete Press | Aug 9, 2015 | Covenant, Terms of Heart, Voice
Yesterday I chuckled when I heard myself say to my dog the same thing I would have to a disobedient child. In response to my growing exasperation that my usually compliant pup had ignored me after I had used the “come” command several times with varying levels of...
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...
