-
After a decade of separation...
After perhaps a decade of separation, living as a fugitive, abiding in a foreign land, and being at war with the nation that he loved, here David asks for the wife of his youth to be returned to him.…
Created about 1 month ago
-
Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-03-28
-
The Lord our God
For the Lord to be our God personally it requires: 1. Loyalty and love for Him 2. Reliance upon His Word and Spirit 3. Repentance and atonement for sin 4. Holiness through obedience to Him (being…
Created 2 months ago
Leviticus 18:2 (NASB), Leviticus 18:3 (NASB), Leviticus 18:4 (NASB), Leviticus 18:5 (NASB)
-
The Shedding of Innocent Blood
Our understanding of and appreciation for human life must be based on and shaped by the word of God rather than human sentiment. The standard which upholds the value of life in the highest regard, in…
Created 3 months ago
-
Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights
2012-02-20
-
Earned a Badge — Shared a Reading Plan
2012-01-01
-
Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan
2012-01-01
-
Paul the "Tent-maker" ?
Paul was a tent-maker by profession, but this initially became a hindrance to his effectiveness in ministry while in Corinth ("trying to persuade"). It is possible that Paul went back to tent-making in…
Created 6 months ago
Acts 18:3 (NASB), Acts 18:4 (NASB), Acts 18:5 (NASB), Acts 18:9 (NASB), Acts 18:10 (NASB), Acts 18:11 (NASB)
-
Worthy is the Lamb: The Servant King
This is a pivotal moment in the first coming of Christ. The sun is setting, night is at hand; the Lamb of God is being delivered up for our transgressions, into the hands of sinners. It is at this moment…
Created 6 months ago
John 17:1 (NKJV), John 17:2 (NKJV), John 17:3 (NKJV), John 17:4 (NKJV), John 17:5 (NKJV)
-
Liar, Lunatic, or Lord
Jesus is nothing like the prophets of the OT, who spoke in the name of YHWH. 1. He is an authoritative lawgiver, like Moses, but also presents Himself as the Judge to whom all will give account. 2.…
Created 7 months ago
Matthew 10:34 (ESV), Matthew 10:35 (ESV), Matthew 10:36 (ESV), Matthew 10:37 (ESV), Matthew 10:38 (ESV), Matthew 10:39 (ESV)
-
Worship
God will raise up those who are jealous for His name, and for pure worship. The worship is pure, because it is truly a sacrifice. Those who grow weary offer what is not costly to them.Those who love truly…
Created 7 months ago
-
God's self-revelation in His dealing with Israel and the Nations
Just as Jesus told parables to reveal divine truths by illustration, so God reveals Himself through object lessons in the nations appointed by His sovereign leadership. In eschatology, He will regather,…
Created 7 months ago
-
Come what may, all of my hope is in His coming.
Loving and obeying the Lord in trials without wavering glorifies Him because it displays that He is worth loving, with or without the earthly blessings that He bestows or that naturally accompany godliness.…
Created 10 months ago
-
Tenderizing and hardening of the heart - Goodness and severity of God displayed.
God's great act of mercy is tenderizing the heart to be responsive to His Word so as to love and serve Him in truth (cf. 2 Chr. 29:36). God's great act of judgment is to harden the hearts of those who…
Created 10 months ago
-
Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-08-07
-
Forerunner
Those who are chosen by God for a specific prophetic assignment or to walk prophetically in a new way of life as forerunners are anointed for such assignments and are prophets in the general sense - their…
Created 10 months ago
-
Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference
2011-07-04
-
Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-07-02