But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. (Revelation 2:4 ESV) John MacArthur ties together today’s reading in John 14 and Revelation 2:1-17, in a message “When Love Grows Cold” Knowing God and being a Christian involves loving the Lord Jesus Christ. Again in John chapter 14 … More Fluctuation potential in our love
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger continues the commentary on Job 34: God gives all life. God judges with perfect righteousness. He knows all the facts. He does nothing capriciously or improperly. Job needs to consider this matter carefully, since he claims to believe this, as do his friends. To even question God’s goodness is folly. In verse 29 Elihu … More Sometimes it is better to just keep your mouth shut
Dr. D.A. Carson on 2 Kings 16 (from “The Love of God, Vol 1, Nov 3”) THE BOOKS OF1AND 2 KINGS, though they follow the fortunes of both Judah and Israel (the southern and northern kingdoms, respectively, after the division that followed Solomon’s death), lay more emphasis on Israel, the northern ten tribes. More space is … More Religiously and theologically, Ahaz was a disaster.
In the second year of Joash the son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.3 And he did what was right in the eyes … More “Yet” and “But”
Pastor Heath Taylor posted at his blog, “The Pulpit and the Pew,” Do your axe heads float? I have found that many of mine don’t. Before you get too confused or frustrated to continue reading, I should tell you that I was reading through the ministry of the prophet Elisha recently. (1 Kings 19 – 2 Kings 13) He … More Do Your Axe Heads Float?
J. Hampton Keathley on “The Significance of Leprosy in the Bible”: (1) The leper was considered unclean and had to be isolated from society to a certain degree. Wherever he went he was to cry out, “unclean, unclean,” and he had to wear black with a hood covering his face and live outside the city … More Naaman and Leprosy in the Bible
Ron Ritchie, of Penisula Bible Church, in a message, “HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND TO A SICK SOCIETY?”- Luke 4:36 And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” Not only are we to know our relationship … More Amazed at Jesus’ authority and power
ELIJAH PART 2, An Advent Poem by John Piper King Ahab called out from the rocks, “Do you think that a fire-tailed fox Can scorch the fields of Jezebel, And starve the stock, and dry the well, And mock the Baals, and scorn Jezreel, And not be crushed beneath the wheel Of Ahab’s chariot? Beware … More Elijah…Poetry by John Piper
John Piper, in a sermon, “The Baptism and the Genealogy of Jesus” says in his introduction: You can learn more from a book if you stop and ask it questions than if you just read it passively. That includes the Bible too. One of the great problems in Bible reading is that we move our eyes over … More Ask questions when you read the Bible!
(5) Although utterly and in all ways dependent on God for help, don’t overlook the fact that the psalmist repeatedly commits himself and “promises” to take action to learn, store up, and diligently keep the Word of God. The antecedent priority of God’s work in his heart does not preclude or undermine his responsibility to … More Sam Storms- Meditation on Psalm 119, Part 5
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