Those Vain Things

Those Vain Things

One of the most powerful and well-loved hymns in Christendom is “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” by Isaac Watts. It’s one of the few to survive the transition from hymnbook to power point as it ministers to a new generation. The words of this great hymn never fail to speak to me – to […]

One of the most powerful and well-loved hymns in Christendom is “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” by Isaac Watts. It’s one of the few to survive the transition from hymnbook to power point as it ministers to a new generation. The words of this great hymn never...
Those Vain Things

Pondering Plunder

Plunder is not a common part of our vocabulary – or our experience. We simply don’t do a lot of plundering in this day and age. However, that wasn’t the case in Bible times. The “PS” to every battle won was the plunder – cows, sheep, gold, silver, even people – all considered the rightful […]

Plunder is not a common part of our vocabulary – or our experience. We simply don’t do a lot of plundering in this day and age. However, that wasn’t the case in Bible times. The “PS” to every battle won was the plunder – cows, sheep, gold, silver, even people – all...
Those Vain Things

Absolutely His/Absolutely Ours

Oswald Chambers once challenged a friend with these words: “Be absolutely His!” Imagine what our lives would be like if we truly were absolutely His. I looked up the word “absolutely” in the dictionary, and each definition adds so much more emphasis to that thought. Be unconditionally, wholly, positively, definitely, completely, unquestionably, and totally His. What a […]

Oswald Chambers once challenged a friend with these words: “Be absolutely His!” Imagine what our lives would be like if we truly were absolutely His. I looked up the word “absolutely” in the dictionary, and each definition adds so much more...
Those Vain Things

My Choice

  I’ve sensed the call of God today to walk with Him a closer way, A way not understood by some, and so I pause, yet He says, “Come. He bids me hear no other voice, to make His way my only choice, But I am comfortable right here with friends and things that I […]

  I’ve sensed the call of God today to walk with Him a closer way, A way not understood by some, and so I pause, yet He says, “Come. He bids me hear no other voice, to make His way my only choice, But I am comfortable right here with friends and things...