I’m a follower of Jesus, wife, mom, and Mimi to 8 grandbabies here and 5 grandbabies I’m waiting to meet in in heaven. I live in the Twin Cities and serve as the Minister for Women‘s Ministry at The North Church in Mounds View, MN.
Scripture Studies.com: The third affliction enumerated by Christ on the cross in this His prayer is the physical suffering of the cross. He describes the perpetrators of the suffering: “Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me” (vs. 12). The “bulls” and the “lions”: the priests, the scribes, … More The Cross of Jesus in Psalm 22
John Piper in “History is God’s Story,”: The Point Paul Was Making in Preaching This Way Now think about all this for a moment. Don’t take this kind of narration of history for granted. Let it strike you as strange as it really is. Is this the way you tell stories about what happened? When … More History is HIS Story! John Piper on Acts 13
John Calvin, in the 16th century, said, Let us say something about fasting, because many, for want of knowing its usefulness, undervalue its necessity, and some reject it as almost superfluous; while, on the other hand where the use of it is not well understood, it easily degenerates into superstition. Holy and legitimate fasting is … More Calvin and Luther on Fasting (Matthew 9)
Sam Storms May 8, 2007 Series: Meditations on the Psalms If you’ve never given much thought to Psalm 22, there’s no better place to begin than with the following comment of Charles Spurgeon: “For plaintive expressions uprising from unutterable depths of woe we may say of this Psalm, there is none like it. It is … More The Agony and the Ecstasy- Sam Storms on Psalm 22
In the sermon, “Faith for the Future,” Pastor Coty Pinckney shared these insightful comments: In this society, the firstborn son receives a double portion of the inheritance. That is, if a man has three sons, he divides his property into four parts. His oldest son receives two parts, and each of the other sons receives … More GOD, the Shepherd…Coty Pinckney on Genesis 48 and Psalm 23
John Piper, in a sermon, “Set Apart Rick, Randy, and the Rest for the Work” said: Notice: The Holy Spirit “calls,” and the leaders of the church “set apart.” Both are important. The divine work and the human work. But they are not separate. The divine work of the calling is perceived in a human … More While They Worshipped and Fasted…Acts 13
From Scripture Studies New Testament Study: Jesus declared His mission: “For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” This statement was surprising to the Pharisees. Presently, they expected the Messiah, I suppose, to come and pick out the righteous, beginning with themselves, and lead them into the throne room to rule the earth with … More Jesus Calls Sinners….Matthew 9
Psalm 21:1 O Lord, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults! 2 You have given him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah From Scripture Studies “A Study in the Psalms Volume 1” Note that for David, “the desire of his heart” was the same as the “request … More Is the desire of your heart the same as the request of your lips?
[Joseph] presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” Jacob last saw Joseph when he was 17, going out to seek his brothers, … More Jacob’s Greatest Joy? Coty Pinckney on Genesis 46
In a sermon on Acts 12, “Execution, Escape and Eaten by Worms,” John Piper states: This chapter is about God and Herod. This Herod is Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the Great who was king when Jesus was born and ordered the infants killed in Bethlehem. He was brought up in Rome and … More If You Oppose Jesus, You Lose-John Piper on Acts 12 (Part 1)
