To those of you who started reading your Bible with us during 2009: What have you learned of God this year through your reading? What did you find helpful about this site? What changes might you suggest for next year? How can you encourage other to join you in getting to KNOW God through His … More What is YOUR Bible reading plan for 2010?
In the summer of 2007, I had an accident which required surgery to reattach the hamstring tendons. Following surgery, I was confined in a brace, limited to lying flat on my back orleft side. One mysterious message came in a card: “Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment of the house of Israel … More Weird and wonderful visions of the majesty and mystery of God in Ezekiel
John Piper, in a sermon “Rivers From the Heart” Now perhaps we are ready to hear the words of Jesus as they come to us: “If any one thirst, let him come.” The invitation is universal, and yet it is conditional. There are no ethnic, intellectual, or social qualifications for drinking at Jesus’ fountain. The … More “…the hardest thing is not to satisfy their thirst but to make them feel thirsty for God.”
Job 1:6-11 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan [2] also came among them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and … More A Glimpse That Strengthens
C.H.Spurgeon, in a sermon on Ezekiel 1:15-19, “God’s Providence”: When the prophet had seen the “living creatures,” which I take it were angels, he opened his eyes again, and he saw a wonderful illustration of the divine Providence, and this exhibition was in the figure of a wheel. You must know that this is not … More Providence is like a wheel.
Last night a tornado went through our community, leaving a wake of damage. We were completely without power until this morning and we still do not have phone or internet. Please check back later today for posts.
“Now then, little man, for a short time fly from your business; hide yourself for a moment from your turbulent thoughts. Break off now your troublesome cares, and think less of your laborious occupations. Make a little time for God, and rest for a while in him. Enter into the chamber of your mind, shut … More Make a little time for God
“There were two exegetes who prayed as they entered the library to work on understanding a biblical text. One was a biblical scholar and the other a common lay preacher. The biblical scholar, on route to deep seclusion in the collection of recent monographs, prayed like this: ‘Lord, I thank you that I am not … More Are you desperate to KNOW God and His Word?
The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then … More The Bible’s Purpose
On 1 Corinthians 15, from a 1999 message “Living and Loving” by Doug Groins of Penisula Bible Church: The theme of love in the body of Christ is like an arrow that shoots all the way through our passage. It starts in verse 14: “Let all that you do be done in love.” Verse 20: … More Tough Love
