For three years, I have been writing at this site, which has followed the Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan. This is the plan that Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis uses. I have included the Bible passages for each day, along with commentary, meditation or devotional article on each passage. Justin Taylor posted this very helpful … More Thinking Ahead…What is YOUR Bible reading plan for 2012?
John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They … More Different from Lazarus
The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love [literally: be silent in his love] he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 John Piper: From this amazing verse I get the title of this … More What Would Happen If God Sang?
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth? … More Speaking Through Snow?
J.C. Ryle comments on John 19:38-42- The case of Nicodemus teaches that lesson very plainly. The only man who dared to help Joseph in his holy work of burying our Lord, was one who at first “came to Jesus by night,” and was nothing better than an ignorant inquirer after truth. At a later period … More J.C. Ryle: There are some servants of Christ whose latter end is better than their beginning
John Piper, in a sermon on Job 38-42 What we have seen so far, then, is that Job’s suffering has a twofold explanation: its purpose at the outset was to demonstrate God’s value and glory, and its ongoing purpose was to refine Job’s righteousness. His suffering is not punishment. It is not a sign of … More God in the Thunderstorm
As we hear Christmas carols this year, keep a focus on the words. Our newborn King Jesus, who we celebrate, who died in our place (as we have been reading in John this month) is King of kings and Lord of lords who will reign over all the nations. Today we see another great missions … More Glory to the newborn King!
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he … More He was thirsty so we don’t need to be thirsty!
Though the fig tree do not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of … More Yet will I rejoice in the Lord
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger: Having considered the greatness of God’s purposes, throughout the balance of chapters 36 and 37, Elihu is moved to praise God for all his goodness, seen throughout the glories of creation. “God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to … More How great is God-beyond our understanding!
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