Category Archives: From Others

Ten Signs of Self-Deception

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Stephen Nielsen

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I have been following the sermons of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in his Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. In the last few posts, particularly on Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus has told us straight out that…

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Love Your Enemies

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Stephen Nielsen

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In Matthew 5: 43-44, we have this teaching to love our enemies, in contrast to the teaching of the Pharisees and scribes, to love their neighbors, but to hate their enemies. “You have heard that…

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Keep On In Prayer Even When Your Brain Isn’t Working Well

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Stephen Nielsen

  This is a comic strip from the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, 3/5/2018.   I laughed when I read this comic strip this morning. I could relate. I haven’t been feeling too good lately, and so my brain isn’t working … Continue reading →

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Praying the Pilgrim Songs: Psalm 120:3-4

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Stephen Nielsen

  Psalm 120:3-4 What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, You deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the warrior, With the burning coals of the broom tree.       Lord, bring to my … Continue reading →

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Praying the Pilgrim Songs: Psalm 120:1-2

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Stephen Nielsen

  Psalm 120:1-2 In my trouble I cried to the LORD, And He answered me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips,  From a deceitful tongue. NASB   Lord, whomever would lie to me and cause me trouble, … Continue reading →

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A Poem by Bonhoeffer — from the Book Bonhoeffer

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Stephen Nielsen

Originally posted on Studying Bible Prophecy:
? ? Here is a poem by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, written to his friend Bethge, while on his second trip to America. As you may detect here, he was overcome with doubts about whether he…

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Prayer Trails

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Stephen Nielsen

 Here are some photographs from a favorite blog I follow: Notes From Near and Far, by Julian Hoffman.  I have put these photos in this prayer blog because they capture so well many things having to do with prayer—at least … Continue reading →

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Spurgeon: on Revelation 5:6

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Stephen Nielsen

“Lo, in the midst of the throne . . . stood a Lamb as it had been slain.”  Revelation 5:6  Jesus’ Eternal Wounds Why should our exalted Lord appear in His wounds in glory? The wounds of Jesus are His … Continue reading →

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