Shooting Over the Horizon

Christianity

  • Subdue the Earth

    I’m currently in the middle of a book that I thought would be a light little romp.  I pre-judged where I thought the author would go with the subject, and I was happy to go there with him.  Instead I… Continue reading

  • Taking Delight in the Lord Through Sabbath-Keeping

    “If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways,… Continue reading

  • Now Go into the World

    We are so blessed to have Pastor Walt Barrett with our church for a couple years.  Besides carefully expositing God’s Word to us each week, he also reminds us of the sovereign reign of God in our affairs.  Pastor Walt… Continue reading

  • They Would Die, but They Cannot

    Last night (and into the wee hours of this morning) Dana and I attended Secret Church 2016.  David Platt stressed the eternal urgency of our gospel message.  He called our attention to two realities – (1) heaven is a glorious… Continue reading

  • On Providence

    Guest post – This is a poem written by Dana (1.4.16) on a doctrine which has become very meaningful and precious to him (and through him, to me as well). He qualified his poem with the following in his title:… Continue reading

  • New Year

    O Lord, Length of days does not profit me except the days are passed in thy presence, in thy service, to thy glory. Give me a grace that precedes, follows, guides, sustains, sanctifies, aids every hour, that I may not… Continue reading

  • Year’s End

    O Love Beyond Compare, Thou art good when Thou givest, when Thou takest away, when the sun shines upon me, when night gathers over me. Thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world, and in love didst redeem… Continue reading

  • Blessed Assurance

    So my Bible Study Fellowship question asked: What assurance do you have that Jesus has purchased you for God? My lesson offered several biblical assurances that are laid up for me in God’s excellent Word (John 3:16-19, Romans 10:9, Ephesians… Continue reading

  • O Church, Arise

    Recently, Dana and I had a wonderful weekend with my sister and brother-in-law and the rest of our clan reviving an old family Renaissance Festival custom.  Afterward, as often happens at my sis and bro’s, the fellowship continued.  I’ve had… Continue reading

  • The Dew of God’s Blessing

    I am reading through The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by the Puritan preacher, Jeremiah Burroughs, published post-humously in 1648 (1). Dana and I have a special affinity for Jeremiah Burroughs. It was in studying his book, Gospel Worship, and… Continue reading