Psalm 143:5

COVENANT INTEREST IN GOD, AND A VIEW OF WHAT IS IN HIM, AS A COVENANT-GOD, A SUFFICIENT ENCOURAGEMENT TO HIS PEOPLE, IN THE WORST OF TIMES. 1 SAMUEL 30:6. LAST CLAUSE. But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. David was at this time in as great distress, if not greater, than ever he was in a... Read More

The CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH. Part 4 Chapter 1—Of Predestination Section 12—Hilarius Pictaviensis. A.D. 360. Hilary, bishop of Poictiers, in France, was banished for his orthodoxy, A.D. 354, and died A.D. 371. It[1] appears from his writings which remain, that he held that there is an election of part... Read More

The Lighting of the Paschal Candle In the darkness, fire is kindled; after which the Celebrant may address the people in these or similar words Dear friends in Christ: On this most holy night, in which our Lord Jesus passed over from death to life, the Church invites her members, dispersed throughou... Read More

This is a kind of supplementary book which unfolds to us the ways and dealings of God when Israel is brought back. It begins by recounting the vicissitudes of their return, and their being sunk down again, after having got into the land; but coupled with this, there is the testimony that God's mercy... Read More

Jude 1:17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,: humeis de agapetoi mnesthete (2PAPM) ton rhematon ton proeiremenon (RPPNPN) hupo ton apostolon tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou remember = Mal 4:4; Acts 20:35; Ep 2:20; 4:11;... Read More

FOR THY NAME'S SAKE - Part 2 by Ernie Klassen Quicken me, O LORD, for thy names' sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble." Psalm 143:11 In Psalm 143 David's focus is "For Thy Names' Sake." Why did he pray with that phrase? Daniel exhibits this same preoccupation and passion fo... Read More

Psalm 107(106) Confitemini Domino 1 "O give thanks to the Lord for he is good; for his love endures for ever." 2 Let them say this, the Lord's redeemed, whom he redeemed from the hand of the foe 3 and gathered from far-off lands, from east and west, north and south. * * * 4 Some wandered in the dese... Read More

Psalm 143 Back in the spring I read a sermon that Charles Spurgeon preached in London about a century ago. The text he used in that sermon was Job 23:3,4 where Job says of God, "O that I knew where I might find Him! That I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before Him and fill my mo... Read More

Readers’ Daily Matins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Glory to You, our God. Glory to You. O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth: You are everywhere filling all things; Treasury of blessings and Giver of Life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us ... Read More

What is salvation for an Orthodox Christian? For an Orthodox Christian salvation is union with Christ. This union with Christ is called the "Life in Christ". The center of this "Life in Christ" is the Holy Altar, as well as the services which are related to it, i.e. the Seven Sacraments. Because the... Read More