Messiah Entered Our God-ordained Experience
Our earthly experience is God’s grace-gift for us to enjoy and make good use of; to “eat and drink and take pleasure” in all we do, knowing that He exerts sovereign control over all that is and happens.
Called by Name
Based on Galatians 4:4-7 Opening Scripture But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son […]
Vanity of Vanities
Introducing Ecclesiastes (1 of 5) Does it ever seem like life doesn’t make sense? It gets all the more confusing for us when we believe there is an all-wise, all-powerful, all-good God who governs all that comes to pass, a God we know as our Heavenly Father. The Preacher in Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) sees the same […]
True Words, Good Works
Matthew 4: First Steps (5) Pray Psalm 24.3, 4.Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD?Or who may stand in His holy place?He who has clean hands and a pure heart,Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,Nor sworn deceitfully. Sing Psalm 24.3 4.(Foundation: How Firm a Foundation)Oh, who may ascend to the […]
Salt of the Earth
The Church (6) “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” Matthew 5.13“‘And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the […]
Don’t Men Pray Already?
Paul seems to be bearing down on men in 1 Timothy 2.1-8, on the need for men to enrich their prayer lives. It’s not that men didn’t pray then or don’t pray now. Paul just wanted more of men’s prayers than they were doubtless giving. Our excerpt from If Men Will Pray is found on pages 39, […]
Facts
Acts 24:1-9 (ESV) And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul. And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: “Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most […]