Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Jesus Speaks
The Great Creation“In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.” Genesis 1:1 The Rational Bible The Great CommandmentOne of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law...
Genesis To Revelation
The Bible is much more than a book about principles to live by. It is a love story about a person to live for; Jesus the Christ, the red thread throughout God’s providential love story.
Tolerance
“My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. James 5:19–20 The idea of turning sinners from the...
We Meet No Ordinary People In Our Lives
It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to today is on the road to either sainthood or perdition. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to...
The Great Commission: Evangelism. Conversion. Discipleship.
The Word: Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all...
For Such A Time As This (1)
The Context: Many of us don't think about it often or at all, but we are living in a post-Christian world. As little as a hundred years ago, a Judeo-Christian Worldview was the predominant marker in (Western) personal and public life. It has been replaced by various...
Obedience, The Sabbath Version
God is not interested in your offerings or superficial piousness. He is interested in your obedience. That includes observing the Sabbath (Shabbat). We are commanded not only to remember the Sabbath but to keep it holy (Exodus 20:8). Shabbat is not merely a day of...
Tolerance and Liberty: First They Came For The Communists
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing (1). To wit (2): When they came for the communists,I did not speak out;As I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats,I did not speak out;I was not a social democrat....
The Joy Barometer
Faith, surrender, and joy are inextricably linked. The deeper one’s walk with Christ, the deeper the joy. Let joy be the barometer of your faithfulness in Christ. When joy ebbs, look for an area of your life that is not wholly set apart for Him.
Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever. Psalm 118:24, 29
Endings
There is no such thing as an ending, just a place where you leave the story. See The Providence Of God.
Idolatry And Madness
The Word Of God on idolatry: The practice of idolatry ensnares those who participate in it by deceiving them so well that they are no longer able to ask, is there not a lie in my right hand?" (Isaiah 44:20, The Moody Bible Commentary) Anthony The Great (251 - 356 AD)...
Martin Luther King Jr., Disciple
Jesus On Love:And one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question. "Rabboni," he asked, "which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus answered, "‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This...
It Was A Day Like Any Other
My mercy and justice are coming soon; your salvation is on the way. I will rule the nations; they shall wait for me and long for me to come. Look high in the skies and watch the earth beneath, for the skies shall disappear like smoke, the earth shall wear out like a...
On Obedience
We are fixated on victory, on winning against this or that sin, etc. God is fixated on obedience.
It’s Friday
Shabbat Shalom. In the Judeo-Christian belief, the fourth commandment (in the original telling at Exodus 20:8) reads: Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. (NRSV) Or in the retelling at Deutronomy 5:12-14: Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord...
A Word From Paul On Scripture
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. 2 Timothy...
Lady Wisdom
Much is said in God’s Word about wisdom. It is clear that is an important virtue, but that wisdom should not be confused with knowledge or ‘book learning’. The Bible often uses the tool of personification to explicate truth. Personification allows us to...
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