As we read Acts 20:1-12 today in our reading plan, here is help from Steven Cole, in a sermon “HOW ONE MAN CHANGED THE WORLD” The apostle Paul changed the world as few other men have ever done. He lived in a day before jet airplanes or cars and paved highways. He had to go … More Paul changed the world through his commitment to establish and strengthen local churches.
Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. … More J.C. Ryle: A supernatural multiplication
Psalm 33 is our reading for today. For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. —Psalm 33:4 ESV Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we … More Spurgeon: The more we know of him, the more our better natures approve his surpassing excellence
J. Ligon Duncan helped me to read Exodus 27-29, our passage for today, with new appreciation for the detail and the beauty of holiness. Now, the minutiae of this passage may lull a reader into thinking that nothing of great importance is being recorded; or, the minutiae may be so overwhelming to you that it … More God takes His worship very seriously
And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”—Acts 19:27 Steven Cole comments on Acts 19:21-41, … More Ask the eternal question
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. (in our reading plan today, Matthew 13:44-58) John Piper, in a sermon, “The Kingdom of Heaven Is a Treasure”, helps us see … More Do you want the Kingdom more than anything else?
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Psalm 32:7 C.H. Spurgeon has a short, but oh so sweet reminder of the wonderful grace of God we see in in our passage today, Psalm 32. (comments from The Treasury of David) Observe that the … More How do you see God? As a refuge or a judge?
Today we read Exodus 24-26, which describes three different aspects of the confirmation of the covenant. J. Ligon Duncan concludes a sermon on Exodus 24, “The Glory Blood of the Covenant” Our Lord Jesus Himself connects and explains His saving work on the cross by using Moses’ words in Exodus 24:8. When Moses confirms that … More Behold, My blood of the covenant
Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the … More Costly cleanup
J. C. Ryle shares some wisdom from the parable of the weeds and the wheat in Matthew 13: Are we inclined to look for the conversion of the whole world by the labors of missionaries and ministers? Let us place this parable before us, and beware of such an idea. We shall never see all … More Wheat and Weeds
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