…that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself… — Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility Although the majority of Christians would agree that Easter
As we begin Lent, Calvary’s devotional book encourages us to start by reading our benediction for the Refuge series, I Peter 5:10-11, every day this week.
Our topic in church this week was hospitality. Peter’s main idea behind his encouragement to practice hospitality is the emphasis on welcoming strangers into your
Israel is a county of immense contrasts. In a land small enough to fit into Lake Michigan, God created lush valleys and arid deserts; freshwater
During the early centuries of the church, a number of traditions sprung up as ways to teach Christians about the life of Christ and to
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! Psalm 150:6 Following is a beautiful end to our Summer of Psalms. Thanks for
In his book, Prayer, Praise & Promises: A Daily Walk Through the Psalms, Warren Wiersbe writes a devotional for each day of the year from
In verse 7b David gives his vow of praise — a distinctive of this type of Psalm. In distress he trusts God for release;
“Psalm 139” performed by Sarah Reeves off her album Broken Things. The song is a reading of Psalm 139 with the chorus, “Even when I’m
The following song, Loof de Heer or “Praise the Lord,” is from The Psalm Project — a group from the Netherlands dedicated to modernizing the
In The Message, Eugene Peterson translates the opening verse of Psalm 133: How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! It can be
The following song, “From the Depths of Woe” by Indelible Grace, uses the words of Martin Luther’s “Aus Tiefer Not Schrei ich zu Dir” (From
Earlier this summer, we heard Buddy Greene perform his unique Southern-style gospel music at Maranatha. While I enjoyed the variety of music he played, I
John Hilber, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary Old Testament Professor, writes about the section of the Psalms known as the Psalms of Ascents: Psalms 120-134 are
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