By John MacDuff “In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You — and wait in expectation.” “Search me, O God, and know my heart.” — Psalm 139:23 O eternal, everlasting God, who have once more enlightened my eyes, and allowed me not to sleep the…
We live in an age awash with empty compliments, from social media “likes” to the instant reassurance of affirmations that often ring hollow. Yet Jonathan Edwards, preaching in colonial New England, confronted the same dangerous impulse two centuries ago. In his sermon “The Vain Self-Flatteries of the Sinner,” Edwards digs into Psalm 36:2 to expose…