Author: Brance

  • Walk Worthy

    Walk Worthy

    I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called Ephesians iv.1 The Apostle here pleads with believers to “walk worthy” of their calling as Christians. Notice what he doesn’t say. He doesn’t urge us to walk worthy of being called, or so that we’ll…

  • Continual Praise – Why?

    Continual Praise – Why?

    This is the last of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What? | Whom? | When? | How? | Why? I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of…

  • Continual Praise – How?

    Continual Praise – How?

    This is the fifth of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What? | Whom? | When? | How? | Why? I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of…

  • Continual Praise – When?

    Continual Praise – When?

    This is the fourth of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What? | Whom? | When? | How? | Why? I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of…

  • Addicted to God

    Addicted to God

    Introduction: Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians x.31 The last few times we’ve been together, we’ve looked at several stories of men that God killed. Two of the four were directly related to the glory of God. Jehoram, in 2 Chronicles 21,…

  • Continual Praise – Whom?

    Continual Praise – Whom?

    This is the third of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What?| Whom?| When?| How?| Why? I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;The humble shall hear of…

  • Continual Praise – What?

    Continual Praise – What?

    This is the second of six blog posts looking at the first 3 verses of Psalm 34, and attempting to understand the idea of “continual praise”. Series: Who? | What?| Whom? | When?| How?| Why? 2. What? In my first blog post on this Psalm, we looked at WHO this psalm was calling to continual praise. The answer was that God is calling…

  • Continual Praise – Who?

    Continual Praise – Who?

    Continual praise. How does that work? What does it even mean to “bless the Lord”? Shouldn’t we be asking for his blessing? How do we praise him “continually”? Does that mean we have to walk around singing all day? This is the first of six blog posts where I’ll be looking at the first 3…

  • Evil hearts speak lies

    Evil hearts speak lies

    Do not take me away with the wickedAnd with the workers of iniquity,Who speak peace to their neighbors,But evil is in their hearts. Psalm xxviii.3 This verse intrigues me. David here speaks of those who are “wicked” and “workers of iniquity”, and then describes them as being disingenuous, saying things they don’t mean, saying one…

  • Family Worship: a how-to guide

    Family Worship: a how-to guide

    We are in the midst of the Covid-19 stay-at-home order. The world is experiencing this event together. Churches have been unable to safely gather for worship for several weeks now. So what are we to do? How do we worship effectively when we can’t gather with other saints? We do what the people of God…