O Lord of the heavenly city with everlasting foundations that cannot be shaken, very abode of God, home of righteousness, where You Yourself are the temple, and life-giving water flows from …
What do you think about when you hear the word “power?” And what do you think the typical person thinks about when they hear that word? We’re in election season in the U.S. of course, and probably lots of people are thinking about political power right now. Politicians are men and women of power. Or …
It takes no great insight to see that the Church in America has been operating in crisis mode for most of this year. The trigger, of course, was the lockdowns early in the year that almost immediately created a crisis of unity. And all sorts of questions have been forced into our consciousness. Is the …
Sam Hardman This past week I had to spend a few days in the hospital. My daughter, who deeply appreciates the writings of C.H. Spurgeon, kindly and insightfully made sure that I had a copy of his classic devotional Morning and Evening with me in my room. When I opened to the morning’s reading on the first …
Sam Hardman Are you ever tempted to think that joy in the heart of a Christian just happens naturally, and that it grows inevitably as the years go on? Or have you come to see that the Christian’s joy is something that must be continually and consciously sought and pursued and fought for and won? …
Sam Hardman It was a beautiful late summer day yesterday and I took the opportunity to be out in the sun and mow my lawn. I try to keep it looking respectable, but because I don’t use chemicals on it, it has its share of weeds. A horticulturalist once told me that a weed is …
Sam Hardman What comes to mind when you think of the great commands of the Bible? No doubt the greatest command, to love God with heart and soul and mind and strength, and the second, which is “like” it, to love our neighbors as ourselves, top the list. And well they should. But did you …
Sam Hardman With a title like that, this post could go a number of different directions, the most obvious of which would have something to do with the virtue of humility. But my subject is rather different from that, and I want to engage you just long enough to plant the seed of a thought …
Sam Hardman When I wrote an article about a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision a few weeks ago, I didn’t expect to be writing about another one so soon. But the outcome of Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Steve Sisolak touches a nerve, I suppose, for many of us. For those who are not aware …