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August 25, 2026 — Savior, King, And Judge
One of the “marvelous things” God has done is to offer salvation to “the ends of the earth” (Ps 98:1, 3). I hope you don’t find this repeated pattern of praise boring. Like these seven festal psalms, I have seven children. When a special day comes, each one expresses love to me. No doubt there’s some repetition. Do I…
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August 25
JESUS the FAMILY MAN: “I and the children whom God has given Me” (Heb 2:13). William Grimshaw (1708–1763) was ordained many years before he was saved. A “blind leader of the blind,” he was eventually brought to Christ through the death of his wife. Then, “with a slice of bread and an onion for his…
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August 25 Petition Mission
“Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord…” (Ps 119:108). Hosea calls them “the calves of our lips” (14:2). Why the NKJV changes the Hebrew par (meaning “calf” or “young bull”) to “sacrifice” is beyond me. A similar idea is found in Hebrews 13:15, “Therefore by Him let us continually offer the…
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August 25
Joseph Tremblay of Quebec, ordained a priest in Rome, was serving in Chile, where, he writes, “One Sunday I chose as my theme: ‘Religious Hypocrisy,’ and used the text: ‘Not every one that says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven…I will profess to them, I never knew you; depart from…
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August 24, 2026 — Our Mighty Friend
“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the Lord” (Ps 97:11-12). This delightful collection of songs for feast days (Ps 93, 95-100) are sometimes called the Theocratic Psalms because they are all about the Lord reigning—and the fact that we should be very happy about it! You…