The Edenic covenant, named for its geographical setting, was established by God for man during the first dispensation, the dispensation of innocence. Our approach is twofold: to consider the Edenic covenant in its biblical context and to consider the timeless principles of the covenant applicable today. A historical contract A definition and overview of the […]
We’ve all had this experience: at a friend’s house, they have fed us something so delicious that we begged for the recipe. Assuming our friend is willing to part with his or her (okay, her) top secret recipe, imagine the following scenario. You take the recipe home, eager to reproduce the experience you so enjoyed. […]
The blessing of divine forgiveness I have known a few friends who have gone through the pain of personal bankruptcy. This decision was not reached easily. There was a great deal of angst and internal wrestling. Inevitably, there was a sense of personal failure. But if the reader can enter into the emotion of such […]
Just before the Twin Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001, a woman prayed for the very first time: “God, please save my son, and he doesn’t even have a baby yet, so please spare his life!” Her son, an NYPD police officer, was called to the World Trade Center that awful day. As he followed […]
It’s not just a physical battle I tell people we are grass farmers since we live on several acres of land that is mostly grass. As caretakers of the land God has given us, we wanted to improve our backyard with a landscape plan that included planting beds which did not allow grass and weeds […]
The Blessed Man of Psalm 1 Psalm 1 has been called a preface to the hymnbook of God’s people. It was not ascribed to a particular psalmist, yet we know that God, who inhabits the praises of His people, has placed it in Scripture for us to enjoy. Although it is written anonymously, the One […]
Blessed is the man who does not… Psalm 1 starts off in an interesting way. Instead of saying what to do to be blessed, it tells you what not to do. “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners nor sits in the […]
Serving when He comes Anyone who has been charged with overseeing a group of employees has quickly discovered that there are three broad types of workers: those who are unwilling to work at all despite repeated request; those who will work when given specific, personal direction; and, lastly, those who—even unbidden and unobserved—are always to […]
Blessed quiver-full A couple of years ago, I was preaching a sermon, and one of my points was that children are a blessing from the Lord. I’m sure I said a lot of other things in that sermon, but at the end, a young, visiting couple came to the front of the chapel to speak […]