Thinking Ahead…What is YOUR Bible reading plan for 2012?

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?

Different from Lazarus

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

Speaking Through Snow?

“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: There are some servants of Christ whose latter end is better than their beginning

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

God in the Thunderstorm

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