August 2017

Everything you had struggled to gain (Newman Hall, “The Choice of Moses” 1867) Christian, what is the value of all that which you relinquish to follow Christ? Grant all that may be urged in its favor. Let money, and luxury, and fame, and power, and the pleasures of sin in their fairest forms and largest…

Give me your heart (Arthur W. Pink) “Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7) “My son, give Me your heart.” (Proverbs 23:26) A “willing” heart (Exodus 35:5)—which acts spontaneously and gladly, not out of necessity. A “perfect” heart (1 Chronicles 29:9)—sincere, genuine, upright. A “tender” heart…