I ran across (no pun intended) this sonnet published in 1630 by Jacobus Revius a Protestant poet and preacher who through a self-accusatory technique which many 17th century artists of the Calvinistic reformist movement employed to examine their relationship to Christ and profess their guilt for his...

DISCERNER OF THE HEART Read Hebrews 3 - 4 ...exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:13 NKJV * * * Writing to his audience of Jewish Christians, the author of Hebrews reminds them of the penalty of unbelief. The...

14] HIS OWN PURPOSE RACHEL AND LEAH Read Genesis 29:1–30:24 * * * Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?” Genesis 29:25b NIV * * * No one can read this account of Laban’s blatant deception without feeling sorry...