Walk through any store, browse religious art online, or scroll through social media, and you will notice a common theme: angels are almost always depicted as soft, gentle, and frequently feminine. Flowing hair, delicate features, pastel colors, and serene expressions dominate the modern imagination. Yet when we turn to Scripture, we encounter a very different…
’Twas with an everlasting love That God his own elect embraced; Before he made the worlds above, Or earth on her huge columns placed. Long ere the sun’s refulgent ray Primeval shades of darkness drove, They on his sacred bosom lay, Loved with an everlasting love. Then in the glass of his decrees, Christ and his bride appeared as one; Her sin,…
Awake, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise; He justly claims a song from me; His loving-kindness, O how free! He saw me ruined in the fall, Yet loved me notwithstanding all; He saved me from my lost estate; His loving-kindness, O how great! [Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, Though earth and hell my way oppose, He…
When most people open the New Testament, they expect fireworks: angels, shepherds, wise men, the whole Christmas pageant. Instead, Matthew begins with a genealogy. Sixteen verses of names. To the modern reader, it can feel like starting a race by tripping over a family reunion. But the Holy Spirit wastes no ink, and this opening…
Benjamin Beddome’s short hymn (four stanzas of plain, sturdy theology) is the kind of hymn a sober Christian keeps on the bedside table for hard nights. It names what we feel (darkness, mystery, the rod of God) and it points us where faith always points: to the throne above. Let’s walk stanza by stanza and…
When Isaac Watts wrote The Sovereignty of God, he wasn’t offering a polite nod to a theological concept; he was bowing in awe before a throne that rules over all things. His words echo Job 23:13, “But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does”, and Paul’s reminder…
Hymns are not quaint relics for hymn book collectors. They are theologies set to melody. R. Burnham’s “The Power of God” reads like a short catechism in praise: it names God, names our weakness, names the enemy, and points us to the victory we have in Christ. Let’s walk through it, sing a little, and…
In a world where everything seems to age, break, or fade and where relationships strain, bodies weaken, and the news churns out fresh reasons to despair, there is one truth that gives lasting peace to the weary soul: God is eternal. Isaac Watts, with poetic clarity and theological weight, leads us to contemplate this magnificent…
A Meditation on the Limitless Majesty of God Based on Isaac Watts’ hymn, “The Infinity of God” Psalm 147:5 | Hebrews 4:13 In an age obsessed with self, self-care, self-expression, and self-discovery, it’s a jolt to the system to be reminded of our actual place in the universe. Isaac Watts, with his characteristic clarity and…
The providence of God is a doctrine that stands as a pillar of comfort and assurance for the believer. It is the truth that God orders, sustains, and governs all things for His own glory and the good of His people. William S. Plumer, in his work on providence, masterfully unpacks its depths, reminding us…