That’s My King!
April 8, 2009
Tag: Scripture
You Were Bought With a Price
April 8, 2009
1 Corinthians 6:20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. John Piper asks, “What Does It Mean That Your Body Was Bought?” When Christ paid the price for his people, he bought our bodies. So let me try to show you from this passage of God’s Word what … More You Were Bought With a Price
A Motley Crew for Ministry
April 8, 2009
Jeff Miller, “A Follower’s Calling” found at Bible.org: Jesus chooses a motley crew of followers: Four blue collar fishermen, one hated tax-collector, one radical member of a violent political party, one doubter, and one betrayer (known to Jesus). We know virtually nothing about six of these men, whose names never appear again in Mark’s Gospel. … More A Motley Crew for Ministry
All the way my Savior leads me
April 8, 2009
Psalm 78: 52 Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. C.H. Spurgeon comments on this verse in The Treasury of David: The contrast is striking, and ought never to have been forgotten by the people. The wolves were slain in heaps, the sheep were carefully gathered, … More All the way my Savior leads me
God’s Will and Dice
April 8, 2009
In Joshua 18-19, we read of the people of Israel casting lots for the way the land was to be alloted between the tribes. Should we follow that practice? This is what John Piper had to say in a recent “Ask Pastor John” Q: What do you think of casting lots to determine God’s … More God’s Will and Dice
And such were some of you…
April 7, 2009
In the passage for today, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such … More And such were some of you…
The Sword of the Spirit
April 7, 2009
Mark 2: 25-26 And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful … More The Sword of the Spirit
“God is the beginning and the goal of all education.” John Piper
April 7, 2009
Psalm 78:4-7 We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the … More “God is the beginning and the goal of all education.” John Piper
An Attitude of Gratitude
April 4, 2009
We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds. Psalm 75:1 In the “Treasury of David” Charles H. Spurgeon comments: As the smiling flowers gratefully reflect in their lovely colours the various constituents of the solar ray, so should gratitude spring up in our hearts … More An Attitude of Gratitude
Miracle for a Mom
April 3, 2009
Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them. Mark 1:30-31 Peter’s mother in law has a divine encounter with Jesus. She is cured from … More Miracle for a Mom
