kristian kilgore

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  • put off, put on

    Colossians 3:9-10 (ESV)
    Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

    Created 10 days ago

    Labels: sanctification

  • Mercy Sometimes Looks Like Forceful Coercion

    Genesis 19:15-16 (ESV)
    As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city."

    Created 12 days ago

    Labels: carnality discipline love mercy wrath

  • What the Future Holds

    It's a beautiful thing here that God would refer to Gideon as "mighty warrior" even though what we find in the following verses regarding Gideon is almost exclusively contrary to what comes to mind when…

    Created 24 days ago

    Judges 6:12 (HCSB), Judges 6:26 (HCSB)

  • Leaders and Cowboys

    I don't know if I'll ever understand this period of Israel's history. And by this I mean I don't know that I understand why God allowed Joshua to die without a successor. The Hebrews were a wily and rebellious…

    Created 26 days ago

    Judges 2:20 (NLT), Judges 2:21 (NLT), Judges 2:22 (NLT)

  • Joshua 23:14

    Joshua 23:14 (HCSB)
    "I am now going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and all your soul that none of the good promises the Lord your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

    Created 27 days ago

  • Fear of Freedom

    Paul's words here are subtle but very pointed. He links sinfulness not with a propensity to engage the licentious acts of the flesh (which he does bring up in other texts), but with a bizarre, masochistic…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Galatians 2:18 (NLT)

  • Flattery vs Fighting

    It's interesting that the only thing that saved the lives of any of the indigenous people groups in the Promised Land was deception. What's even more interesting, I think, is that this deception was carried…

    Created about 1 month ago

    Joshua 9:9 (NLT), Joshua 9:10 (NLT), Joshua 9:11 (NLT)

  • Expeditiously Dealing with Sin

    Joshua 7:10-11 (NLT)
    But the LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying on your face like this?

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: church discipline defeat guilt narrative sin victory

  • Achan

    Joshua 7:10-11 (NLT)
    But the LORD said to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying on your face like this?

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Abraham meets Jesus

    Genesis 18:1-2 (NLT)
    The LORD appeared again to Abraham near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: christophany courage old testament jesus sovereignty victory

  • Joshua meets Jesus

    Joshua 5:13-15 (NLT)
    When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?”

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: christophany courage old testament jesus sovereignty victory

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2012-04-25

  • ministry leaders bear the burden of going first

    Joshua 3:3-4 (NLT)
    giving these instructions to the people: “When you see the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God, move out from your positions and follow them.

    Joshua 3:17 (NLT)
    Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by. They waited there until the whole nation of Israel had crossed the Jordan on dry ground.

    Created about 1 month ago

    Labels: burden leadership ministry pastor pastoring shepherd

  • The Last Watch

    So many combat veterans have stories congruent with the picture the Psalmist paints here. So many weary warriors down through the centuries, gun, knife, or sword in hand, pacing the perimeter of the camp,…

    Created 2 months ago

    Psalm 130:6 (NLT)

  • Miracles Yeast

    In the context here it seems that Jesus is linking His expression "yeast of the Pharisees" and the most recent sparring match regarding miraculous signs. Obviously there is nothing wrong with miracles,…

    Created 3 months ago

    Matthew 16:11 (NLT), Matthew 16:12 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2012-03-14

  • The Correct Order

    Peter starts this letter with a shot of perspective that should cause Christians to rejoice and moralists and legalists to fear. He says that obedience didn't lead to holiness in our hearts, the Spirit…

    Created 3 months ago

    1 Peter 1:2 (NLT)

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  • Things Hidden Long Ago

    This verse is pregnant with possibilities as we see God's eternal understanding of life. God knew, in the beginning, that we would need stories and illustrations and metaphors to help us grasp slivers…

    Created 3 months ago

    Matthew 13:34 (NLT), Matthew 13:35 (NLT)

  • The Danger of Cleanliness

    Jesus points out pretty explicitly here to the Pharisees something legitimately shocking about the cleanliness, or human purity, they were so proud of having obtained. Jesus doesn't tell them that their…

    Created 3 months ago

    Matthew 12:43 (NLT), Matthew 12:44 (NLT), Matthew 12:45 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 500 Highlights

    2012-03-07

  • An Easy Mistake

    The easiest mistake, it seems, that we can make when pondering this text about the torn cloth and proper wineskins is to approach from our own individual angle and begin assuming things that aren't in…

    Created 3 months ago

    Matthew 9:16 (NLT), Matthew 9:17 (NLT)

  • The Implication of Innacttivity

    Jesus' words here sound incongruous upon first reading. He asks the temple hounds whether the Sabbath is a day to heal or not. But He doesn't leave it there, He goes a step futher and clarifies what He…

    Created 3 months ago

    Mark 3:4 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2012-03-02

  • Submission and Faith

    The fact that Jesus was amazed at the actions and words of the Centurian is enough reason to look closely at exactly what it happening here. Jesus gives a clue as to where this amazement stems from, He…

    Created 3 months ago

    Matthew 8:9 (NLT), Matthew 8:10 (NLT)

  • Strange Faith

    It must take a special kind of crazy to assume the knock at the door is Peter's angel instead of Peter. And furthermore, how little hospitality can you show an angel? They didn't seem to be willing to…

    Created 3 months ago

    Acts 12:15 (NLT)

  • Partial Understanding & Human Tendencies

    its interesting to see the reaction of Christians here as they find out about Peter's interaction with Cornelius. Though they had been told by Jesus that they were to go all over the world and preach…

    Created 3 months ago

    Acts 11:3 (NLT)

  • The Way the Word Makes

    Is a curious comparison to look at how difficult it was to get into the room versus how easy it was to get out of the room. Maybe one of the subtle truths displayed here is way the Word or Christ spoken…

    Created 3 months ago

    Mark 2:12 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • People Say Ridiculous Things

    Chalk it up to fear of the unknown or some kind of defense mechanism, but in tense and unexplainable situations people have a tendency to say some ridiculous things. The only description of the scene…

    Created 3 months ago

    Acts 2:13 (NLT)

  • A Gracious Guest

    How bizarre a situation would it have been AFTER the initial reunion between Jesus and His closest friends? Who would know what to do, what to say, how to act? These were the same men that had AT BEST…

    Created 3 months ago

    Luke 24:41 (NLT)

  • Let Him Live

    Maybe the most interesting thing in Luke's account of the circumstances leading up to the crucifixion is who wound up wanting Jesus dead, and who wanted to keep Him alive. Luke says that Herod and Pilate…

    Created 4 months ago

    Luke 23:12 (NLT), Luke 23:18 (NLT), Luke 23:19 (NLT), Luke 23:31 (NLT)

  • wisdom in creation

    the created order shows us wisdom. how there are natural boundaries and borders created by the junction of sea and land, how the clouds don't settle on the ground but high above for clarity and functionality.…

    Created 4 months ago

    Proverbs 8:30 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-02-04

  • Deeper, Not Opposed

    Its interesting that, for all of the "anti-religious" press Jesus seems to get these days, He was perfectly comfortable with the Temple protocol and systems. This makes sense considering He was the originator…

    Created 4 months ago

    Luke 5:14 (NLT)

  • The Neccesity of Both Sides

    Becasue of the balance of life that God has created the "good news" will always have a mirror image. Bad news is a part of life becasue good news is. The beauty and perfection in the garden of Eden neccesitated…

    Created 4 months ago

    Luke 3:18 (NLT)

  • Defining Beauty

    In our culture we are conditioned to define ideas like physical beauty and attraction by whoever is popular at the moment or based on superaltive genetics. Physical beauty is held up on a pedestal in…

    Created 4 months ago

    Proverbs 5:18 (NLT), Proverbs 5:19 (NLT), Proverbs 5:20 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2012-01-31

  • The Danger of Assumption

    There is a tendency to read this commitment Josiah made to God, dedicating himself to keeping all of the commands of the Lord, and then assume that from that moment forward he never made another mistake.…

    Created 5 months ago

    2 Chronicles 34:31 (NLT)

  • Evidence of God's Hand

    There may be no greater evidence of God's integral involvment in a situation than this. The fact that musicians were put in charge of construction workers and the whole project didn't end up in a strike…

    Created 5 months ago

    2 Chronicles 34:12 (NLT), 2 Chronicles 34:13 (NLT)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights

    2012-01-20

  • process vs passion

    This is a great example of God's desire and willingness to accept and embrace people. There was a sacrificial system, there were steps that one went through in order to be deemed "clean", but that process…

    Created 5 months ago

    2 Chronicles 30:18 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 30:19 (ESV), 2 Chronicles 30:20 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2012-01-02

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-12-29

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-12-16