Bill Martin

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

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  • Psalm 12:6

    Psalm 12:6 (ESV)
    The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Psalm 119:67

    Psalm 119:67 (ESV)
    Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Psalm 119:50

    Psalm 119:50 (ESV)
    This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Complete My Joy

    Philippians 2:2-3 (ESV)
    complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.

    Created 3 months ago

    Labels: preference unity

  • Reaping Principle Complementary to the Tithe

    Leviticus 19:9-10 (ESV)
    "When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.

    Created 3 months ago

    Labels: biblical theology giving tithing

  • The Gospel in Deuteronomy

    Deuteronomy 30:11-14 (ESV)
    "For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.

    Created 3 months ago

    Labels: biblical theology gospel romans 10

  • Psalm 119:29

    Psalm 119:29 (ESV)
    Put false ways far from me and graciously teach me your law!

    Created 4 months ago

  • Psalm 119:18

    Psalm 119:18 (ESV)
    Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.

    Created 4 months ago

  • The Righteous Man's Character

    Psalm 112:6-8 (ESV)
    For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: confidence fear of the lord

  • The Righteous Man's Character

    Psalm 112:6-8 (ESV)
    For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: confidence fear of the lord

  • The Fast God Approves

    Isaiah 58:6-7 (ESV)
    "Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: fasting true religion

  • Psalm 37:8

    Psalm 37:8 (ESV)
    Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Christ Crucified

    This is the message that delivers all and more of what the Jews and Greeks were looking for, for Christ crucified FOR me removes my sin, reverses the fall, and redeems his church. Since I am called, this…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Corinthians 1:23 (ESV), 1 Corinthians 1:24 (ESV)

  • Micah 6:8

    Micah 6:8 (ESV)
    He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

    Created 4 months ago

  • Psalm 27:1

    Psalm 27:1 (ESV)
    The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

    Created 4 months ago

  • Naaman's Pride

    2 Kings 5:11-12 (ESV)
    But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, "Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: expectations god's ways

  • Proverbs 11:14

    Proverbs 11:14 (ESV)
    Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

    Created 4 months ago

  • Peter on Grace

    Acts 15:11 (ESV)
    But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will."

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: biblical theology salvation

  • 1 Timothy 6:17

    1 Timothy 6:17 (ESV)
    As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: wealth

  • Deuteronomy 10:22

    Deuteronomy 10:22 (ESV)
    Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

    Created 4 months ago

  • John the Baptist's Christology

    John 1:30-31 (ESV)
    This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.'

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: christology eschatology

  • "Firstborn" in Jeremiah

    Jeremiah 31:9 (ESV)
    With weeping they shall come, and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: biblical theology

  • Numbers 6:24-26

    Numbers 6:24-26 (ESV)
    The Lord bless you and keep you;

    Created 5 months ago

  • Isaiah 42:1

    Isaiah 42:1 (NLT)
    “Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will bring justice to the nations.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Ephesians 3:4-6

    Ephesians 3:4-6 (ESV)
    When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ,

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: biblical theology gospel

  • Glory - David's Comission

    Psalm 72:19-20 (ESV)
    Blessed be his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen!

    Created 5 months ago

    Labels: biblical theology

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  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2012-01-05

  • Judas' Jealousy

    Because this happened, in Matthew's account, in the immediate context of Jesus affirming the prodigious deed of the woman who "wasted" perfume, we may assume Judas was motivated by a love of money disguised…

    Created 6 months ago

    Matthew 26:14 (NLT), Matthew 26:15 (NLT)

  • Signs of the Times

    We have to take care to read this in context. Jesus is not teaching us all to become "sign readers," nor to be obcessed with "end times" subjects (though discernment is commended). Instead, he is rebuking…

    Created 6 months ago

    Matthew 16:3 (NLT), Matthew 16:4 (NLT)

  • Rhetoric or Literal?

    That Jesus does not hold the heart attitude he articulates here (deep prejudice against Gentiles, esp. women) is evident from his gracious response and loving acceptance two verses later. Matthew 15:26-28…

    Created 6 months ago

    Matthew 15:26 (NLT), Matthew 15:27 (NLT), Matthew 15:28 (NLT)

  • Supernatural Experience

    Notice Paul's attitude here. He mutes the telling of grand spiritual, supernatural experience, experience that is his own, so that the word of Christ may be heard through him as a servant instead. How…

    Created 7 months ago

    2 Corinthians 12:5 (NLT)

  • elementary principles of the world

    In application to a contemporary audiences, this is "the merit system" we all grow up with. All advance / reward is based on correct performance (like law-keeping as a supposed means to be right with…

    Created 7 months ago

    Galatians 4:3 (ESV)

  • Sin Boldly

    He looked around at them one by one and then said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored! - Luke 6:10 (NLT) This reminds me of Luther's famous injunction to…

    Created 8 months ago

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  • The Miracle of Fish

    This is a genuine miracle. One of the ways you can tell is by the effect it has on the crowd. (See Grudem's definition of miracle.)

    Created 8 months ago

    Luke 5:9 (NLT)

  • Fear in suffering (from sermon)

    (Acts 27...on the 10th anniv. of 9/11) (bookmarked verse) This is how so many felt today when they woke up. Fearful. And how out of control we feel in "pointless" suffering. As Daryl pointed out, Paul's…

    Created 9 months ago

    Acts 27:20 (NLT)

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  • Ephraim to Bethany

    http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN091MAPS.htm (http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN091MAPS.htm) This shows the specific locations of these travels.

    Created 10 months ago

    John 11:54 (NLT)

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  • Better than a Buddhist?

    If you were watching a movie or even viewing a really well-produced TV commercial that featured a character who was morally centered, self-controlled, patient, exuding genuine love, would you expect that…

    Created 10 months ago

    2 Peter 1:5 (NLT), 2 Peter 1:6 (NLT), 2 Peter 1:7 (NLT)

  • Humble, Horizontally

    Interesting, I think, how when this verse is quoted, we generally think of a private, Godward humility, connecting with the idea that what the Lord sees in secret he will reward openly, an individual…

    Created 10 months ago

    1 Peter 5:5 (NIV)

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    2011-07-23

  • Sovereignty by Peter

    Not everyone will work this out like a Calvinist, but we all must acknowledge the biblical sense of God's sovereign choice as a prerequisite for true salvation. Note that for Peter, as for Paul, the theology…

    Created 10 months ago

    1 Peter 1:2 (NLT)

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  • Hebrews' High Christology (Again)

    Here again, Hebrews gives us a high Christology. In this chapter, chapter 7, Jesus is presented as the eternal priest, a priest of a divine-human lineage, a sinless holder of a perpetual office, of a…

    Created 11 months ago

    Hebrews 7:28 (NLT)

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    2011-07-08

  • Hebrews Christology

    This verse picks up the "Son" language of chapters 1-2. Clearly, the author identifies Jesus as the one through whom all things were created. He is the perfect image of the invisible God. This is a high…

    Created 11 months ago

    Hebrews 4:14 (NLT)

  • Whose God?

    Clearly, when someone says the three monotheistic religions--Christianity, Judaism and Islam--all worship (or even "reference") the same God, we must say this is true for two of three. The Father of our…

    Created 11 months ago

    2 Timothy 1:3 (NLT)

  • Slave girl

    She had the "spirit of the python" who gaurded the temple of the Oracle at Delphi. She performed these "fortune tellings" for her masters. That's what she is doing here in crying out.

    Created 11 months ago

    Acts 16:17 (NLT)

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  • Living Sacrifice

    The category here is not primarily martyrdom, I think, because Paul thinks immediately of inner transformation (12:2) and service, using imagery from the functions of various bodily members (12:4ff).…

    Created 12 months ago

    Romans 12:1 (NLT)

  • Evidence

    This is an evidentialist appeal! It is just like the New Atheists who claim they do not believe, and neither should anyone else, because God has not provided us with sufficient evidence of His own existence.…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 27:42 (NLT)

  • Following Stephanas

    Just a few quick observations: note that Paul describes the evangelizing of Stephanas as "harvest," suggesting a prior planting and watering (Sovereignly, one would assume) in Stephanas's heart. This…

    Created about 1 year ago

    1 Corinthians 16:15 (NLT)

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    2011-04-02

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    2011-03-22

  • Jesus Confronts the Rich Man

    The problem here was not just the man's wealth, it was his perception that he was rich in law-keeping. Jesus' challenge exposed his reliance on himself and brought him to the point of despair. Sadly,…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 10:23 (NLT)

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    2011-02-25

  • The Need to Read!

    In the early church there was a heresy called adoptionism. Based on this verse, teachers like Paul of Samosata taught that the power of divinity was bestowed on the human Jesus at his baptism. Reading…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Mark 1:11 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-02-23

  • True and False Holiness

    Sometimes Christians view holiness in a false way, seeking to separate themselves from unbelievers or the world in a spatial sense, like Colossians 2:20-23 says (The Message): So, then, if with Christ…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Acts 28:11 (NLT)

  • Paul's Developing Theology

    Note how this expression blossomed out of Paul's being backed into a corner a few chapters earlier and blurting out (to divide his accusers) "I am on trial for belief in the resurrection." Now that expression,…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Acts 26:6 (NLT)

  • Eyes Wide Open

    Beyond his physical healing, Paul must have had his eyes opened wide to the truth when he heard this respected Jew identify Jesus, the one who had confronted him in a bright light, revealed as the Righteous…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Acts 22:14 (NLT)

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    2011-01-01