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July 1, 2026 — Just Look At Him!
He’s King of Israel, King of the Ages, King of Saints, King of Righteousness & Peace, and King of kings. We mentioned earlier that Psalm 71 could be titled, “A Prayer For Old Age,” and that Psalm 72 might be “A Prayer From Old Age.” There’s no mention of the psalmist’s advancing years in Psalm 72, as in the…
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July 1 Petition Mission
“O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty like You, O Lord? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, You still them” (Ps 89:8-9). Here’s an idea that can change our whole perspective on life. The same God rules the raging of, and speaks His stillness…
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July 1
“The scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge” (Prov 1:22). “The new rebel,” writes G.K. Chesterton, “is a skeptic, and will not entirely trust anything…the fact that he doubts everything really gets in his way when he wants to denounce anything. For all denunciation implies a moral doctrine of some kind; and the…
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Say It Now
In the autumn of 1860, with war looming, America was in turmoil. Many Wisconsin residents had journeyed to Chicago for a Stephen A. Douglas rally to consider the issues of the day. Just before midnight on September 7, a palatial side-wheel steamboat named the Lady Elgin left Chicago bound for Milwaukee with about 400 attendees…
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June 30, 2026 — The Sage In Old Age
With snow on the roof, “when I am old and grayheaded” (Ps 71:18), it doesn’t mean the hearth fire is out! It isn’t just that we face crises in our time, for which we seek the Lord’s timely help. Time itself is running away with us, and our days are numbered. The two large psalms before us…
