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Tuesday is for Thinking It was a Sabbath day like no other. Jesus and the Pharisees were about to go head to head over His healing ministry. High drama on a Sabbath. And compassion for a man in pain was the battlefield. And he said to them, “The Son…
“‘In whatever man does without God,” wrote George MacDonald, “he must fail miserably–or succeed more miserably.’ The Church today is starting to suffer from success, and it is time we returned to worship.” —-Warren W. Wiersbe in Real Worship, 17.
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Reading with the Pastor 1 Peter 3 and Psalm 64-65 Read Psalm 65 Suggested by a Reading of Psalm 65 Meditating on Psalm 65 (esp. vs. 4) In most places, the NASB and ESV translations are very similar, though the ESV is more readable. But in verse one of Psalm 65…
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The following quote [in blue] is from A.W. Tozer and was written 50 years ago. It might have been written yesterday. Our culture is shallow and getting shallower. If we truly want to grow in the “grace and knowledge of Christ” (2 Peter 3:18), to grow in our intimacy…
We who have believed are called “ambassadors for Christ” in 1 Corinthians 5:20. We are emissaries of the King of kings. We are commissioned to be heralds of the greatest news ever announced. But what exactly does it mean that we are His “ambassadors”? Maybe this story from the history of Rome will help us … More Tell Me What This Means
Reading with the Pastor Matthew 26 and Psalm 31 Why do we rejoice? The psalmist tells us, His “lovingkindness.” The Hebrew chesed tells us that God’s covenant love for his people is a love that has the texture of kindness. He knows our affliction. He knows the troubles of our souls. He knows the heartache of our … More Lovingkindness — What keeps us going through the pain
Reading with the Pastor Matthew 10 and Psalm 16 No time to write today but perhaps this link from the past on Psalm 16 will be helpful to you. Chapter 10 of Matthew is filled with difficult teaching to digest for the nominal or uncommitted “believer” in Christ. “Lord, give us boldness to stand for … More Reading with the Pastor –day 10
Update: In light of the recent revelations in the Epstein files, (Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Steven Pinker are all implicated), I thought it might be helpful to repost this. Some time back, I was involved in a discussion with an atheist friend who tried to make the point that Christians as a group … More Why Christianity over Atheism?
Matthew 1 and Psalm 1-2 were the readings for the first day of May. Matthew 1 gives us the start of Jesus’s birth narrative and genealogy and Psalms 1-2 serve as an introduction to the great prayer-book of the nation of Israel. God promises wonderful things to the man or woman who listens to … More Wisdom Flees from Neglect
UPDATE: Terry Ivy is a cancer survivor, a husband, a father, a pastor a lover of Christ, an early “BLOG Friend”, and one who has become a dear friend and prayer warrior to me. Though we have only been together in person twice, we have been companions in heart and he is holds a cherished … More Sometimes People Hear the Gospel by Accident
