Posted in Love on June 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While clearing/cleaning my desk this morning, I came across a scrap sheet of paper that I had been writing notes on all last week for yesterday morning’s message. I knew I had written some things down!
Since I neglected to include them yesterday, here they are for today. First, here are some important principles:
Never compare [...]
Posted in Perseverance, Psalms on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m speaking on Psalm 109 tonight for our Bible study, but just read a great quote–
Though they hated and persecuted him for his religion, yet he kept close to it; they laughed at him for his devotion, but they could not laugh him out of it.
–Matthew Henry’s Commentary, 3:655
Posted in Current Events, Psalms on June 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In Psalm 106 the psalmist praises God for his provision, confesses Israel’s unfaithfulness, and prays for mercy. The bulk of the psalm relates God’s work on behalf of Israel and the nation’s subsequent “forgetting” of God. Note verses 37-38—
They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, and shed innocent blood, the blood [...]
Posted in Christian Living on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ask Joshua that!
God gave Joshua the leadership reins of Israel and commanded him to take them into Canaan and conquer the land. Do you remember what God told Joshua what was essential for success? Meditation on God’s Word (Joshua 1:8).
Imagine all the things Joshua had to take care of and think about! As the appointed [...]
Posted in Christian Living on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success (Joshua 1:8).
When you hear the [...]
Posted in God on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If any man think well of himself, he has never met God. Nothing will demolish self-righteousness like one real sight of God.
–R. A. Torrey, What the Bible Teaches, p. 41
Posted in Atonement, God, Sin on June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“All approach to God is on the ground of shed blood. The atonement has its deepest demand in the holiness of God. Any doctrine of the atonement that sees its need only in the necessity that man be influenced by a mighty motive, or in the necessities of governmental expediency, does not go to the [...]
Posted in Revival on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following account gives a great illustration of how a few Christians surrounded by great wickedness used what they had–regular assembly of the saints, prayer, and ministry of the Word–and saw God act in a might way. It is a great encouragement. I have additional comments and items for prayer after it:
Shelter Island, (Long Island)
This [...]
Posted in Current Events on June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our President has declared June as “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.” Read the official release by clicking here.
I’m not going to give an in-depth analysis, but I will point out a few things:
The second paragraph begins with “LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen [...]
