by Jason DeRouchie | May 27, 2020 | DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
Mediations from Psalm 147 and Isaiah 57:15–21 In the high and holy place you dwell And with the contrite and lowly. Past sin cannot enslave again For you heal and comfort wholly. You do not delight in a horse’s strength Nor take pleasure in the legs of a man.... by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 26, 2020 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Covenant, Creation, DeRouchie, Endorsements
Verrett, Brian A. The Serpent in Samuel: A Messianic Motif. Eugene, OR: Resource, 2020. This updated and now published ThM thesis from Brian A. Verrett is a model example of rigorous exegesis and whole-Bible theology done well within a single book. Brian received his... by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 12, 2020 | DeRouchie, Love & Grace, Prayers and Poems
John Newton, author of Amazing Grace, once wrote: The day is now breaking: how beautiful its appearance! How welcome the expectation of the approaching sun! It is this thought makes the dawn agreeable, that it is the presage of a brighter light; otherwise, if we... by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 8, 2020 | Death & Resurrection, The Gospel
It’s April, and we are still under quarantine. The hospitalized can’t see loved ones, patient wards continue to expand, and more burial plots are dug. While most in the world ignore the cries of the nearly 125,000 babies who are aborted globally every day, very few on... by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 2, 2020 | DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
LIGHT FOR THE FIGHT Jason S. DeRouchie (3/9/14) And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I... by Jason DeRouchie | Mar 29, 2020 | DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5). “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6).... by Jason DeRouchie | Mar 24, 2020 | DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
A POETIC MEDITATION ON THE HOPE OF ISAIAH 40 “Behold your God!” comes the alarm. With mighty arm he rules and saves. The shepherd-king, his word is sure No war or roar; his sheep secure, though grass withers and flowers fade. Good news announced; he comes with... by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 21, 2020 | Articles/Essays, DeRouchie, Meaning
Pastors and teachers, with Paul, I “charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word” (2 Tim. 4:1–2). And when you do, don’t forget the Old Testament—the “sacred... by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 20, 2020 | Announcements, DeRouchie, Exile & Exodus
Earlier this week cinemas throughout the country showed “Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle, Part 1.” As I noted in a previous post, after Christ’s saving of believing sinners from God’s just wrath, Yahweh’s delivering the nation... by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 18, 2020 | Announcements, DeRouchie, Exile & Exodus, The Glory of God
Next to the saving work of Jesus, the greatest redemptive event in history was when Yahweh delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage––an entire nation set free from slavery to the greatest known power on earth. As Moses himself declared, For ask now of the days that are...