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Anton Bosch

Leaning

Anton BoschWhen David wanted to put a terrible curse on Joab for murdering Abner, David said, amongst other things, that there should always be one of Joab’s descendants who would lean on his staff. Buy this he meant that there would always be a cripple or someone who has weak legs and needs a stick to lean on... Read More
Book Of Common Prayer 1979

Burial of the Dead: Rite I

All stand while one or more of the following anthems are sung or said I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand... Read More
Book Of Common Prayer 1979

Ministration to the Sick

In case of illness, the Minister of the Congregation is to be notified. At the ministration, one or more parts of the following service are used, as appropriate, but when two or more are used together, they are used in the order indicated. The Lord's Prayer is always included. Part One of this servi... Read More
Brent Barnett

Escaping the Dark Hole of Depression

Maybe you haven’t been all out depressed in your life. Then again, maybe you have. Regardless of where you have been or where you find yourself now, there is hope. Any who have been able to escape depression’s grasp can testify to the power and faithfulness of God. There is no need to remain mired i... Read More
Charles Alexander

"The Shepherd Of Israel" Ch.10:1-10

In the tenth chapter of John with its incomparable parable of the Good Shepherd, we have much more than an idyllic pastoral interlude such as has supplied religious poetry and preaching, not to speak of artistry, with one of the most pleasing of themes. There is a deep stream of prophetic purpose an... Read More
Charles E. Cowman

Thy Rod and Thy Staff

Charles E. Cowman"Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me" (Ps. 23:4). At my father's house in the country there is a little closet in the chimney corner where are kept the canes and walking-sticks of several generations of our family. In my visits to the old house, when my father and I are going out for a walk, we of... Read More
Christian Apologetics

Are the New Testament themes found in the Old Testament?

The concepts in the New Testament were not derived out of thin air. Amos 3:7 says, "Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets." What is mentioned in the New Testament is revealed in the Old Testament either clearly or in types and figures. Gen... Read More
Daily Light

AUGUST 11 - morning

That through death He might destroy him that had the power of death. Our Saviour Jesus Christ ... hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD shall wipe away the tears from off all faces; and the reb... Read More
Daily Light

JANUARY 22 - morning

This God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. — The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup. He leade... Read More
Daily Light

JANUARY 3 - morning

He led them forth by the right way. He found [Jacob] in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on ... Read More

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