Written by: April J. Buchanan As I often read from those “old dead guys,” or better put, those faithful saints who have died in the faith, whose writings God has preserved for the encouragement of His people, I frequently come across a strong emphasis and instruction: not merely to read, nor even to read much,…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Oh contrary thoughts, woe to the soul and stumbling blocks along the path of righteousness and assurance. You that cloud judgment and sow discord in the heart, making it feel torn between two good things, when one is always the right path. For any way that leads from the right…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Oh, what a terrible wretch am I. What mercy could possibly be shown to one such as me? My soul is impoverished and wicked, and my sins are many. Oh, they are many indeed. Where may I rest my head? It seems that just as I think I might find…

Written by: April J. Buchanan If the mind abide in truth, there are we influenced by grace that exposes in us that which remains against Christ. What we read concerning theology has real influence over how we understand who Christ is, who we are, what Scripture means, and how the Spirit works in our lives.…

Written by: April J. Buchanan If God’s grace were in any measure weak or impotent, then I would exhaust it before the evening. His grace cannot be exhausted. His mercy does not end. His wisdom has no beginning and no end. For He is God. He is God eternal, God immortal, God self-sufficient, God all-powerful.…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Oh God of my righteousness, I praise Thee all the day. For in Your Word I find strength, grace, hope, and every assurance and confidence in Christ. And in Your Word I behold the terrifying and fearful judgment of the wicked, that judgment every man deserves. Where else may I…

Written by: April J. Buchanan For often we think the hardened man to be a cruel and dangerous man, only that kind of man whom you do not make eye contact with and do not engage with. And yet Scripture teaches of men whose hearts continue to be hardened in their rebellion against God. They…

Written by: April J. Buchanan A man left to himself may come to ruin, for the inward corruption of the fall brings forth what it will when unrestrained. One man, burdened by inward thoughts of darkness, comes to see himself as worthless and without hope. He lingers there, and his thoughts become destructive. Another man,…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Some of our greatest sorrows and deepest troubles are not external, though we are often quick to ascribe them as such, but are self-inflicted. Many are eager to blame circumstances, other people, or providence itself, while seldom stopping to look rightly at their own hearts. And if a man continually…

Written by: April J. Buchanan Be joyful, a command not forced, but that which is wrought within by the gracious work of God. How can the saint be joyful? Is he able? Yes. As he attends to the means of grace, what is unnatural to the flesh becomes the visible work of God within. The…