Category: November

How can these two texts keep from contradicting each other?

November 6, 2011

Exodus 34:6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s … More How can these two texts keep from contradicting each other?

Job: “Back off!”

November 6, 2011

Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 6 Job cannot take anymore. And so in 6:1-7:2, he responds to his friend. Eliphaz’s words do not bring Job comfort. Instead, they bring forth an emotional outbrust and protest from Job against the insinuation that there is some hidden sin in his life which has caused God to … More Job: “Back off!”

Spurgeon: The blessed silence of a grateful heart makes true music before the Throne of God

November 5, 2011

Ezekiel 16:59-63   “For thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant,  yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. Then you will remember your … More Spurgeon: The blessed silence of a grateful heart makes true music before the Throne of God

Teachers gone astray

November 4, 2011

    Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing, but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. (2 Peter 2:15-16 ESV) Click here for “Doctrine From False Teachers … More Teachers gone astray

A Light to the Nations

November 4, 2011

John MacArthur: You know what Jesus was saying when He said I’m the light of the world?  He was saying, in effect, I am Israel’s…what?…Messiah. They would have known that.  The rabbis even said the name of Messiah is light, you can read that right in the rabbinic writings.  They knew that God was going … More A Light to the Nations

Mercy that humbles us

November 4, 2011

And the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? Behold, it is … More Mercy that humbles us

Job’s inner turmoil not helped by his “friends”

November 4, 2011

Dr. Kim Riddlebarger preached a sermon series in Job, and here is an excerpt from Job 4-14, “Though He Slay Me” Having heard of the disaster that had befallen their friend, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar set out from their homes to comfort their friend. Between the time Job lost everything and the time his three friends … More Job’s inner turmoil not helped by his “friends”

2 Peter: Chapter 1 is the carrot, chapter 2 is the crack of the whip over our heads.

November 3, 2011

John Piper, in an introduction to a sermon on 2 Peter 1, “Destruction is not Sleeping” And now comes chapter 2, and a very significant change in Peter’s approach. I say a change in his approach, not his goal. His goal is still to make us firm and stable and unshakable in our faith. But … More 2 Peter: Chapter 1 is the carrot, chapter 2 is the crack of the whip over our heads.