FAIR SUNSHINE

Since I cannot remember the last time I won something (my memory fails me), I am indescribably grateful to the LORD for the program of Paulo's Library for considering the work here in Bocaue, Bulacan worthy of consideration in awarding us this most precious set on The Whole Counsel of God by Richard Gamble. My books are mostly of authors of the Puritan era, all provided for by Father Himself, save for some contemporary but none the less valuable titles, so this set is a most welcome addition to the programs and lessons already in line for the sheepfold's spiritual consumption. God has graciously magnified in us the excitement of learning and sharing, of feeding the Lord's flock, as He provides us the means to come to know Him more intimately, so that we may live for Him experientially. God has blessed and enabled His people with a kind heart to sponsor such programs that aim to assist remote shepherds who possess little to no means for much needed theological resource - n...

"Are you all about book reading now? What about your ministry?" It is the very spirit of sound piety to confess that the Christian walk is, most assuredly, not about ministry—not as the world defines that labor, nor even as the Church often vainly boasts! No! Our walk is entirely and eternally about our covenantal God! The majestic foundation of our faith is His finished work in the Lord Jesus Christ , a work which now manifests in the powerful, sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, whose divine purpose is to gather and perfect a people unto Himself through the bonds of that eternal covenant of grace. And what, then, is this thing called ministry —this ceaseless striving and earthly labor? It is, merely the earthly, dot-sized fruit of that deep and foundational truth! It is the faint echo of the Covenant's reality, not the reality itself. We must cling to the very words of our Blessed Redeemer, who reminds us of the true object of our existence: "I have come that they...