Sublime

Throughout the Roman world, the living emperor was treated very like a god. He was incorporated into rituals celebrated in honour of the gods, he was addressed in language that overlapped with divine language, and he was assumed to have some similar powers.

When we face the holy God, “nice” isn’t what we will be concerned with, and it definitely isn’t what He will be thinking about. Any compliments you received on earth will be gone; all that will be left for you is truth. The church in Sardis had a great reputation, but it didn’t matter. Jesus said to them, “I know your deeds; you have a reputation o

TO THE GOD WHO IS BEYOND COMPREHENDING Up with our hearts—we lift them up to you, Lord. It is right, fitting, and due in all things, for all things, at all times, in all places, by all means, in every season, everywhere, every way, to mention you, to worship and praise you, to bless you and sing to you, to give thanks to you, and to confess our sin

Seek for thy noble father in the dust:

The second important fact is that the Letters to Lucilius are addressed to Lucilius, as are the Natural Questions. Their specified target readership is not Nero, nor anybody in a central position of political power. This in itself is a mark of how much Seneca’s public position had changed since the days of De Clementia, when he could write in direc

Their hearts are eager to cry out, “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your name give glory!” (Psalm 115:1).

“But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” LUKE 1:43

1 Peter 1:17