Author Archives: Matt Jury
The Preacher’s Task and the Stone of Stumbling
The preacher’s task is to leave that stone in their path. Never mind if they pick it up, look at it, and throw it away: they cannot keep on throwing it away forever. It is the cornerstone of their lives and finally they must reckon with it. The only obedience that God asks of the preacher is that he does not attempt to change the shape of that stone in order to make it fit more easily into some other place in the building. That stone is meant for judgment as well as for fulfillment. It is uncut by human hand. The preacher is as bound by its nature and its function as are those to whom he preaches. Jesus Christ is both the preacher’s message and his limitation.
D. T. Niles, The Preachers’ Task and the Stone of Stumbling, p. 15
The Only Source of Security for America
Let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man’s wisdom. It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.
Just Do Something!
To do nothing is to do something. To fail to bring Biblical solutions to bear upon problems is to allow sinful conditions to continue to accept them and adapt to them is contrary to God’s mandate.
The Father Must Be First and Everything
‘Hallowed be thy name.’ There is something here that strikes us at once. While we ordinarily bring our own needs to God in prayer before thinking of what belongs to God and His interests, the Master reverses the order. First Thy name, Thy kingdom, Thy will; then give us, lead us, deliver us. The lesson is of more importance than we think. In true worship the Father must be first and He must be everything. The sooner we learn to forget ourselves so that He may be glorified, the richer our own blessing in prayer will be. No one ever loses anything by sacrificing for the Father. This must influence all our prayer.
Glorifying God’s Mercy
Our fall afforded Him the opportunity of showing that in the destruction of sin He could not only manifest His justice, but also glorify His mercy in remitting and forgiving sin, without infringing upon His righteousness.
Missions Monday
We have a base man-pleasing disposition, which will make us let men perish lest we lose their love, and let them go quietly to hell, lest we should make them angry with us for seeking their salvation: and we are ready to venture on the displeasure of God, and risk the everlasting misery of our people, rather than draw on ourselves their ill-will.
How Great Thou Art
If you know me, you know that I love barbershop harmony. Here is a great quartet of one singing How Great Thou Art
Life Is Worship 