By Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Almighty and most merciful God, who hast not yet suffered me to fall into the Grave, grant that I may remember my past life, as…
From The Word for Every Day, by Alvin Rogness, page 63, © 1981 Augsburg Publishing House Let me say at the outset that I don’t always feel the…
By William E. Channing (1780-1842); grandson of William Ellery (1727-1827), a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. I found this reading in another one of the McGuffey Readers (see…
McGuffey Readers were a series of graded primers in six levels, first published between 1836 and 1840. They were edited by Scottish immigrant William H. McGuffey (1800-1873). They were widely used…
Lovis Corinth, Franz Heinrich Corinth on his Sick Bed, 1888 ---------------------- By Lutheran pastor Al Rogness (1908-1992), Book of Comfort, Augsburg Publishing House, 1979, pages 32-35. I had…
Lew Wallace (1827-1905) ----------- From the book 100 Bible Verses That Changed the World, by William and Randy Peterson, 2001, pages 141-142 (adapted). By the time he…
--------------------- Luke 2:13-14 -- And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth…
------------------- From The Word for Every Day, by Alvin Rogness, Augsburg Publishing House, 1981, page 365. Bethlehem can be in our hearts. Jesus came to this little village.…
Christ in the Temple at Twelve, Heinrich Hofmann (1824-1911) ----------- By David Mathis, posted December 21, 2016 at www.desiringGod.org --------------------------- It is striking how little we know about…
Dutch painter Govaert Flinck (1615-1650); Angels Announcing Christ’s birth to the Shepherds (1639) ----------------------- I have often wondered about the shepherds in the Christmas story. Luke 2:20 says…