I tend to gravitate toward what perhaps could be onover-fondness for drawing analogies to football in my Bible lessons. However, if you will indulge me, I came up with idea of doing a “halftime report” on howmy wifeis doing in our marriage (not to say...
Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?1 Samuel 15:28-29So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who ...
This is according to all that you asked of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.' The LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well. I will rais...
put on a robe, and go into my study, words do not spring spontaneously to my lips–other than words like, ‘Lord, here I am again to talk to you. It’s cold. I’m not feeling terribly
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For it is not an enemy who reproaches me—I could bear that. … But it is you, a man my equal, my companion and my familiar friend; we who had sweet fellowship together; we walked in the house of God in the throng. This deepens Jesus’ announcement: it is not merely a dispassion...
You will notice that I give credit to Mr. Petersen’s creative interpretation but not to his revised explanation of the verses. And that is because, God is still (and always will be) the author and finisher of His Holy Word! The initial genius of the Message Bible in the New Testament...
If Luther did not like it and it wasn’t explicitly taught in Scripture, it was rejected. Unfortunately for his followers, Luther deprived them of true access to the fullness of Christian initiation that Jesus intended his followers to have: the sacrament of confirmation. He Has Anointed Me ...
Christ “put off” His body on the cross, in which God “put off” spiritual rulers and in which Christians have “put off” the old unregenerate self and its sinful deeds. Read More → Dec 5, 2023 Zachary Garris The Spirit-Anointed Messiah (Mark 12:35-37) Jesus Christ is the ...
Can you imagine the impact Christians would have in the world if we were known primarily for how our love is like Jesus’ love. And when I say “like Jesus’ love,” I’m not suggesting that we have to be perfect, or that if we are not perfect we are failures. Living like Jesus ...