Holy remembrance of God's grace and sovereign dealings with us yesterday, works grateful obedience to His Law today. Thus, the Lord God taught Israel to recall His glory in the wilderness, so to follow Him gratefully in the Promised Land. To meditate Continue Reading
February 27, 2013
The Valley Commandos: Will Revival Return to Wales? And if So?
One of the joys of being associated with the Seminary is being associated with her students. The apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians and he asked a rhetorical question, "What is our glory or hope or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you…" (1 Continue Reading
January 11, 2013
A New Years Letter to our Ministry Colleagues at RTS
My beloved in Christ, I wanted to write you directly. I wanted to share what it is a central and growing concern and aching plea to God: for revival in our time. I share this video of the first Faith for Living of the new year, recorded just a few weeks Continue Reading
December 4, 2012
Christ: His Life Our Supreme Goal
I took our daily devotions tonight from the reflections of F.B. Meyer and his preaching of the centrality of our Savior in a true religion: "Christ is the all and all in–all of our holy religion...not ceremonials, nor the life of active philanthropy, Continue Reading
October 18, 2012
Lest We Forget: Rudyard Kipling’s Recessional as Prophetic Poetry for our Own Day
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) really knew how to spoil a party. One would have thought the cryptic faith of Kipling was a devout Calvinism when he wrote the remarkable poem, Recessional, for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.# For some, the Continue Reading
September 3, 2012
A Prayer for the Unity of the Tribes of the Church
they said, "O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?" (Judges 21:3 ESV) Oh Father, as the tribe of Benjamin in Judges 20 and 21, turned against Thee and Thy People and the blood Continue Reading
August 11, 2012
On the Matter of Preaching from Difficult Texts: A Letter to our Students (with attention to 2 Corinthians 5:21)
My Dearest Students in the Pastoral Ministry: I write to you about a matter which will occupy your life as much as any other—the matter of preaching from a difficult passage. Indeed, after receiving a good question from a seasoned pastor, I Continue Reading
August 5, 2012
“Come Apart for a While”—Vacation Greetings and a Prayer for My Colleagues
I will always think about a certain time in my life when I read this Scripture: "And he said to them, 'Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.' For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat" (Mark 6:31 ESV). I Continue Reading
June 16, 2012
A Now and Forever Faith
<dt > Martin Gommel / Foter What are the most powerful words in the world for believers? My friend, John Guest, says that the most powerful words in the world are, "God loves you." I don't disagree. Yet, for many believers who are Continue Reading
