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22 JANUARY (PREACHED NEW YEAR’S EVENING 1770) Knowing God ‘And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be foundContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

21 JANUARY (PREACHED NEW YEAR’S EVENING 1770) Bridging the generation gap ‘And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind …’ 1 Chronicles 28:9SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Deuteronomy 11:1–25 David was a man of great experience, and though upon some occasionsContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

20 JANUARY Paradise lost ‘And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ Genesis 2:16–17SUGGESTED FURTHER READING:Continue reading “365 days with Newton”

19 JANUARY Paradise gained ‘And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,Continue reading “365 days with Newton”

18 JANUARY Ruins restored ‘And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.’ Genesis 1:26SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Genesis 1:26–2:3 The subject we are upon is so mysterious and so briefly related that it would be easy to start curious speculations—but it is our wisdom to avoid an attempt of being wiseContinue reading “365 days with Newton”