by Paraclete Press | Apr 9, 2017 | Covenant, Happiness, Law, Promise, Terms of Heart
“Incline our hearts to keep this law.” Each of the first four Sundays of Lent the order of worship in my church begins with the congregation repeating that refrain nine times, in response to the pastor’s recitation, one by one, of the first nine...
by Paraclete Press | Aug 14, 2016 | Covenant, Happiness, Promise, Terms of Heart
In response to my June post on the Heart of Happiness, a thoughtful reader commented “I have frequently used joy instead of happy” and inquired whether or not I thought that substitution would “work.” I responded that I did not know, but I...
by Paraclete Press | Jun 26, 2016 | Happiness, Terms of Heart, Voice
Both regular and casual readers of the psalms might legitimately question my supposition that the heart of “the man after God’s own heart” was one primarily characterized by and possessed of happiness. In light of the fact that the psalter is heavily...
