The workers in the vineyard: Matthew 20 and the grace that seems unfair
In Matthew 20, Jesus tells of a landowner who pays workers hired at the last hour the same as those who worked all day. A teaching…
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“My grace is sufficient for you”: a devotional on 2 Corinthians 12:9
Paul asked God three times to remove his "thorn in the flesh". The answer was no: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is…
“There Is a Fountain”: William Cowper’s hymn of hope in the darkness
"There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" was written by the English poet William Cowper around 1772 and published in the Olney Hymns, his collection with…
“Jesus Paid It All”: the hymn written on the flyleaf of a hymnal during a sermon
Elvina Hall wrote the words of "Jesus Paid It All" in 1865 on the flyleaf of her hymnal during a sermon at a Methodist church in…
The ninety-nine and the one: the parable of the lost sheep
In Luke 15, Jesus tells of a shepherd who leaves ninety-nine sheep to find one that is lost, then rejoices when he finds it. The parable…
A short, rich tax collector climbed a tree to see Jesus. Zacchaeus and the grace that went first
In Luke 19, Zacchaeus, a wealthy chief tax collector in Jericho, climbs a sycamore tree to see Jesus. Jesus calls him by name and invites Himself…
“Rock of Ages, cleft for me”: the hymn Augustus Toplady published in 1776, and the storm legend behind it
Augustus Montague Toplady, an Anglican clergyman, published "Rock of Ages" in The Gospel Magazine in 1776. A popular legend says he wrote it while sheltering from…