“Soon shall close thy earthly mission, Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days, Hope shall change to glad fruition, Faith to sight and prayer to praise.” Stanza from “Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken”

"It has been said...that for the stone it is a wonder that the plant can grow, for the plant it is a wonder that the animal can move about, for the animal it is a wonder that man can think, and for the man it is a wonder that God can raise the dead." – Bavinck, "Wonderful Works"

“Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.” – Joshua 21:45

Two emotions in hearing of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. First, relief. Something deeply crooked has been made straight. Second, hope. Progress can be made. It's an encouragement to keep pushing forward for justice.

"Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out." – John 6:37

“Because the Spirit possesses all things in the infinite treasury of God’s being, the Spirit is able to share all things with God’s people, indeed to fill them up ‘with all the fullness of God’ (Eph. 3:19).” – Scott Swain, “The Trinity”

Delivery day 🙌🏼😏 Bobby Jamieson

“The greatest earthly monarch would soon be poor if he was to give a little (though but a little) to all his subjects. But Jesus has unsearchable, inexhaustible riches of grace to bestow.” —John Newton, The Works of John Newton (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1988), 2: 194-195.

"Legalism is a peculiar kind of submission to God's law, something that no longer feels the personal divine touch in the rule it submits to." – Geerhardus Vos

“Perhaps the best conversationalist is the one who helps another man talk.” - Steinbeck, “East of Eden”

"Because Christ has come, our job is not to tell the unholy and unqualified, 'Keep out, lest you die.' It is to tell them come to Christ, for he has died." – Iain Duguid, on Numbers 3.

"In the cross, in the cross Be my glory ever, Till my ransomed soul shall find Rest beyond the river."

“The believer who is justified in Christ is the freest creature in the world. At least, so it ought to be.” – Bavinck, “Wonderful Works” (p. 450)

"The King of love my shepherd is Whose goodness faileth never I nothing lack if I am His And He is mine forever." "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," Henry Williams (1868)

"If it be not strong upon thy heart to practise what thou readest, to what end does thou read? To increase thy own condemnation?" – Thomas Brook, "Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices" IOW, to read more for knowledge's sake rather than for practice *increases* condemnation.

Baylor loves an AP Top-10 matchup 🐻 This 13-game stretch is tied for the best run in D-1 history 🤯

"Simon, Simon, look out. Satan has asked to sift you like wheat. But I have prayed that your faith may not fail." – Luke 22:31-32 In their weakness, the Lord Jesus prays for his children.

"It is good to be near God." – Psalm 73:28