Jeremiah 12:9: Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird... Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Jeremiah 12: "Some make her a speckled, pied, or motley bird, upon the account of their mixing the superstitious customs and usages of the heathen with divine institutions in the worship of God;…

Yesterday was a pretty fan-tab-lous day. Even though the flu bug was running a muck through the Fuller residence... Even though I'd been up and down all night cleaning up throw-up... it just didn't matter because it was May 1st -- and at 5 a.m. I was lovingly coaxing my beloved coffee pot back to l…

From Andrew A. Woolsey's "Channel of Revival: A Biography of Duncan Campbell," (The Faith Mission: Edinburgh, 1974, reprinted 1982), 127-129 (boldface mine): There was nothing complicated about Duncan's preaching. It was fearless and uncompromising. He exposed sin in its ugliness and dwelt at…

O! Vast ocean of Love that lifted me From the depths, the pit of iniquity Nay! Not just lifted, for I was dead My heart was stone, I had no breath How can a carcass whisper a plea Apart from the Incorruptible Seed? How could I come unless the Father drew? How could I raise myself up from…

Hebrews 11:6 (KJV) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Habakkuk 2 3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow…