Author: Tom in Chicago
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From Great to Good!
4 I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself; 5 I made gardens and parks for myself, and I planted in…
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Psalm 139, Part 3: God with us!
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven,…
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Assurance of Salvation and the Silence of God!
We all get lost sometimes! There is no darker or heavier experience than the feeling of being disconnected from God,…
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The Disciplined Life: Resolve and Virtue
The mind of man plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. – Proverbs 16:9 (When I wrote the first version…
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Psalm 139, part 2: God’s Omniscience
I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, 15 even as the Father knows Me and…
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The Love of God, part 2: Union with Christ, update and review 04/28/2023
“Union with Christ may be the most important doctrine you have never heard of. Union with Christ is central to…
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Football Wedding Vows Update
(Of everything I have written, this post has had the most views every month for the last five years, thousands…
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Psalm 139: Knowing God – Introduction
Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned…
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Waiting on God, part 1: What do you want?
He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. 30 Though youths grow weary and tired, And…
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Psalm 103: The Unbelievable Love of God
Bless the Lord, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget none of…
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Surrender: The Rich Young Ruler in All of us
The Rich Young Ruler in All of Us 18 A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to…
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The God Honoring Marriage, Part 2
13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and…
Visceral Reflections 