by Stuart | 16 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Some psalms are more difficult than others to come to grips with. For various reasons, Psalm 60 is one of the more difficult ones. The major thrust of the psalm, however, seems clear enough. David wrote this prayer at a time when Israel had apparently experienced a...
by Stuart | 25 Jun 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
My wife and I were engaged on 4 April 2004. We were married on 21 August 2004. A typical wedding planning checklist would suggest that we went about things the wrong way. According to MagnetStreet.com, the wedding date—or three dates, for flexibility’s sake—should be...
by Stuart | 19 May 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Psalm 18—the third longest in the Psalter—is a psalm of David, written, according to the inscription, “on the day when the LORD rescued him from all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.” The psalm is recorded almost verbatim in 2 Samuel 22. David spent much of his...
by Stuart | 7 Apr 2020 | Blog
In April 1994, Milwaukee pastor, Roy Ratcliff, received a phone call from a local prison warden. The warden informed him that a prisoner wished to be baptised and asked if he would be willing to perform the rite. Intrigued, and never having been involved in prison...
by Stuart | 4 Aug 2019 | Confession
The late Eugene Peterson described Christian perseverance as “long obedience in the same direction.” He observed that we live in an instant society, in which results are expected with immediate effect, but that the Christian walk doesn’t work quite that way. To be...
