Proverbs My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD,
Nor detest His correction;
For whom the LORD loves He corrects,
Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
The Word For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The message of the Cross will always be foolishness to those who are perishing [1 Cor 1:18], and Christ will always be a stumbling rock of offense to many too [1 Pet 2:7-8]. Problems and confusion usually arise when Christians attempt to make the Cross more acceptable, and in so doing, sanitize it even to [...]
Psalms Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.