Reading with M'Cheyne

Prov 5:3-4: The lips of a forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.There is no word more frequently heard and nothing more...

Gal 3:13-14: Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us... so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through...

Prov 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths. One of the sad things about the modern age is...

26:1 "You shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them."The chapters from Exodus set for this week's readings give us...

2 Cor 11:28And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. The apostle Paul was a burdened man. He was not burdened in the sense that he carried a burden...

2 Corinthians 10:17-18"Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord." For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. Reformed theology is a humbling theology. It gets to the...

2 Corinthians 9:13-14"By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, while they long...

2 Corinthians 8:7-8But as you excel in everything--in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you--see that you excel in this act of grace also. I say this not as a command, but to...

2 Corinthians 7:8-9 For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it--though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. As it is, I rejoice,...

God's provision for his people exceeded their expectations. God promised that he would 'rain down' bread from Heaven, and for forty years in the wilderness, he fed his people with Manna (Psalm 78:24-25). Several things about the manna are worth noting....

Deliverance always leads to praise! God's people praise him because he has redeemed them; worthy of all praise as our Creator, he is especially to be worshipped as our Redeemer and Saviour. What are the themes of their song? First,...

Suddenly Pharoah awakens to the realisation of what has happened - Israel has left Egypt! How could they have allowed this to happen? Pharaoh marshalls his troops and pursues after Israel with hardened heart in order to prevent them escaping....

God's redeemed people are a consecrated people. Jesus died to sanctify the people, not just to save them (Hebrews 13:12). The reference to the consecration of the firstborn in this chapter is another important link in the unfolding of this...

What did the exodus mean for God's people? First, it meant victory over the Egyptians. Exodus 12 uses the language of warfare as it describes the people of God leaving the land of their captors. It was as an army...

When Paul wrote about love in 1 Corinthians 13, he was not trying to give people something nice to read at weddings (although it is nice to read at weddings). Instead, he was trying desperately to show a church full of...