“Deep within her breast of clay, filled with love from day to day;All for you from life’s first start, is your mother’s holy heart.Heart of passion, peace and prayer; heart of mother’s daily care;For her children one and all, should they stand or should they fall.Heart endowed with God’s own love, filled with goodness fromContinue reading “A Mother’s Heart”
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
“Get My Mother In”
Dr. Harry Ironside told a story at a conference about a prominent English preacher who, while speaking to a group of fellow-pastors at an association meeting, shared the following incident: “One evening as he was about to retire, there came a knock at the front door. Upon answering it, he found a poor little girl,Continue reading ““Get My Mother In””
How! (Pt. 2 on the book of Lamentations)
Recently, our local police department dispatched a couple of SWAT teams to the east side of our city after receiving a call from a frantic young woman. She had escaped from a house where a sadistic male had held two young women hostage for several days. A tipster reported that there was a girl chainedContinue reading “How! (Pt. 2 on the book of Lamentations)”
Day of Prayer!
Like every first Thursday of May since 1952, today is the National Day of Prayer. And, Paul exhorted Timothy to pray for “kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” (I Tim. 2:1) So, I invite and encourage you to joinContinue reading “Day of Prayer!”
How! (Pt.1 on the book of Lamentations)
The book of Lamentations consists of five poems that mourn or lament the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. to the Babylonians. It is filled with more emotion, feeling, and heart-cry than any other portion of the Word of God. The author of the book is universally considered to be none other than the “weepingContinue reading “How! (Pt.1 on the book of Lamentations)”
For The Record
In the previous “You and God” post, I reflected on a slice of history through which I lived more than 50 years ago as a seminary student. It triggered thoughts of days well past, and brought to mind many more incidents that seemed very important at the time but, with the passing of half aContinue reading “For The Record”
A Historical Perspective
One advantage of living to be an octogenarian is that one has had the privilege of living through a ton of history. I’ve gone from using the old clunker of a black carriage typewriter that I learned to type on in the 10th grade; to the sleek Smith-Corona typewriter with liquid correctional fluid or whiteContinue reading “A Historical Perspective”
Thy Vows Are Upon Me (part 2)
In the previous installment, I said that it is good for us to make some holy vows before God—as did David, the Psalmist, who said: “Thy vows are upon me; I will remember praises unto thee.” (Ps. 56:12). The vows specified in the first post, drawn from A. W. Tozer, were (1) that we dealContinue reading “Thy Vows Are Upon Me (part 2)”
Vows For Spiritual Power
Most of us know something of making vows. If you are married, you exchanged sacred vows with your spouse “to have and to hold, ‘til death doth us part.” If you have borrowed money, you’ve made vows to the bank. It’s hardly possible to live without making vows—to others, to God, to yourself. “Thy vowsContinue reading “Vows For Spiritual Power”
Miss Walker
God has so very many persons that will touch the lives of His servants to form and fashion His men and their ministries according to His sovereign plan and purpose. One such person in my life, when I was a very young man in training for ministry, was Miss Walker. It was in my sophomoreContinue reading “Miss Walker”
YOU and GOD 