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D. Scott Meadows
"All things work together for good.” This is a truncated quip from our text verse that many use for encouragement, but without the whole verse and an appreciation of its surrounding context, the quip may mean little more than, “Every cloud has a silver lining.”
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Seeing with the Glasses of Scripture

John Calvin
Let us remember that that invisible God, whose wisdom, power, and justice, are incomprehensible, is set before us in the history of Moses as in a mirror, in which his living image is reflected.
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The Key to Utopia

Warren Peel
I wonder if you would think of proposing the fifth commandment as your key to utopia? ‘Honour your father and your mother.’ This commandment alone carries with it the explicit promise of societal bliss: ‘…that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.’
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The Promise of Romans 10.9

D. Scott Meadows
OT Israel had largely missed the way of salvation from their sins and guilt announced in the OT Scriptures. They had wrongly thought to be saved by their own righteousness of conformity to the law, meriting God’s well-done to their worship and morality.
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A Spiritual MRI of the Heart

Warren Peel
In Proverbs 4.23 Solomon warns his son, ‘Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.’ He goes on to give admonitions about the mouth, the eyes and the feet (vv24-27), but it is the heart that must be guarded above all else. Why?

The Grace of God’s Descent for our Salvation

D. Scott Meadows
At the heart of the biblical faith is the truth that salvation is by grace alone—not by our merit, strength, obedience, or struggle. This grace is not only proclaimed in the gospel but illustrated in redemptive history, most particularly in God’s “descent,” so to speak, to be our Savior in our Lord Jesus Christ and to enliven us by the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Enlightening Thoughts

Walking Aright

“I dare not choose my lot; I would not if I might; choose Thou for me, my God, so shall I walk aright.” —Horatius Bonar

The root of religion

“The root of religion is the fear of God reigning in the heart, a reverence of His majesty, a deference to His authority, and a dread of His wrath.” —Matthew Henry