Job 20:12-14 “Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth,yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him. Sam Storms, of Enjoying God Ministries, comments: Zophar uses vivid imagery in … More Need moral Tums?
John Piper, in a sermon, “Daniel’s Defiance of Darius in Prayer” (Daniel 6) Verse 10 just takes your breath away. Here is where I get the insight that Daniel’s prayer was daring and defiant and disciplined. When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in … More Six Expressions of Daring Dependence
Ray Stedman, in an introduction to 2 John: The second letter of John is the only letter in the New Testament that was written to a woman. As we can gather from the letter itself, it was written to a mother with several children, perhaps a widow. It appears that she had written to the … More Keep truth and love in balance
John 12:44-50 And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears my words … More Believing what we cannot grasp…
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. 26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, 27 whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me! Job 19:25-27 Here … More Spare me your packages of God
John Piper comments on Daniel 4:28-37 This is a story about a king, with a lesson for kings and presidents just as valid today as it was 25 centuries ago. But it’s also a story about every one of us. One way or the other we must learn this lesson or we will perish. And … More The Pathway from Pride of Self to Praise of God
Tom Steller, of The Bethlehem Institute, relates this story in a sermon from 1 John 5, “Little Children, Keep Yourselves From Idols” The movie The Wizard of Oz almost destroyed my faith when I was a little child. Or at least it opened the door to doubting the existence of God for the first time … More Jesus Is the Evidence That God Is Real
Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him. John 12:28-29 Pastor Coty Pinckney explains: There are three times in Jesus’ ministry when a voice speaks from heaven. … More This voice is for YOU
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger: One thing is now becoming clear–Job, the sufferer, is now longing to probe deeper into the mysteries of God’s providence, while Job’s friends focus entirely on the their distorted views of the suffering of the wicked. Bildad is clearly resentful of Job’s low estimate of his three friends’ theological abilities.Whereas Eliphaz … More Pondering the mysteries of God’s providence
Even when times were tough, God had not given up on His people. The book of Daniel is an encouragement that God has a future and a plan for His people, all His people. There are at least three statements in Daniel 1 which reveal the sovereignty of God (His control over men and creation). God … More Sovereignty of God in Daniel
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