John 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. John Piper asks, in a sermon “Praying From The Fullness of The Word” Do I really know—have I really experienced—what Jesus means by the Word abiding in me? Do I experience—do you … More What does Jesus mean by the Word abiding in me?
My heart recoils within me, my compassion grows warm and tender. I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come to destroy. Hosea 11:9 Wow, God’s grace at work! That is why he … More “For I am God and not man”
They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.—Hosea 7:14 The Israelites prayed. They even wailed. But they were not sincere. Examine your own heart as you read John Calvin’s commentary on Hosea 7:14- Now the Prophet says … More Fictitious invocations?
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps us understand Job 25-26: In Job 25, we have the very short and final speech from Bildad, along with Job’s response. After three increasingly heated exchanges, Job and his friends have clearly run out of steam. But like trains passing on parallel tracks, Job and Eliphaz have been speaking past each … More Trains passing on parallel tracks
At least three statements in John 14-16 confirm that Jesus thinks of the Holy Spirit as a person not a mere force. John Piper, in a sermon, “The Holy Spirit: He Is God!” 1) Jesus calls him “another Counselor” in 14:16, “I will pray the Father and he will give you another Counselor to be … More A person not a mere force
Is it your heart cry to KNOW God? To press on to KNOW Him? In Hosea 4 we read, “Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the … More Are you pressing on?
In Job 24, we see that Job does not understand how God can allow the strong to exploit the weak? When will judgment come? Why? When? How? Kim Riddlebarger comments in a sermon on this section of Job: None of this fits with Job’s hope in a coming redeemer. It is not until we come … More Thinking out loud
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps introduce us to the reading of Revelation this month: …it is sad that so many Christians avoid Revelation because of its difficult and mysterious nature. It is even sadder, perhaps, that so many use this book as a springboard for speculation about the Bible’s relationship to current events. This is a … More Don’t be afraid of this book. It’s all about Jesus.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 One passion of mine is international ministry. One year, I had a Chinese couple in my Bible study group who were intrigued with the Christian message and especially with the … More John, Jesus and jiaozi: one-way only
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. Job 23:10 Job knows that God can find him anywhere, even when it appeared that he couldn’t find God. Deep down, Job knows the truth. The truth has just been obscured by the trials and tribulations … More As a refiner purifies gold
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