Stephen Kim

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  • returning to the presence

    when we return to God, even after unfaithfulness leading to exile, he grants that we can experience his presence.

    Created 6 months ago

    2 Chronicles 30:9 (CEB)

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-11-14

  • Typo in this verse

    Should read: "Rescue me from these people--use your own hands, LORD!"

    Created 7 months ago

    Psalms 17:14 (CEB)

  • Live according to conscience

    This is the best we can do. We must avoid hypocrisy as well as judging others. We will stand or fall according to how we lived in our consciences. God will judge us through Jesus Christ. When we put our…

    Created 7 months ago

    Romans 2:15 (CEB), Romans 2:16 (CEB)

  • When God is angry with a people...

    When God is angry with a people, the two choices for the leader of that people is either sin or intercession. When my people are in sin, do I join them in sin? Or do I pray for mercy for them, even in…

    Created 8 months ago

    2 Samuel 24:1 (KJV)

  • Even physical strength has a spiritual source

    Samson may have been muscular, but his muscles were not the source of his physical strength. God was the source, not only of his emotional or spiritual strength, but also of his physical strength. So,…

    Created 9 months ago

    Judges 16:17 (ESV)

  • The power of nagging

    Delilah's nagging did what thousands of armed men, barred gates, and ropes could not do.  It ensnared Samson.  If you want to defeat a strong man, nag him to death.

    Created 9 months ago

    Judges 16:16 (ESV)

  • Ready for persecution?

    Do we believe in, trust, and love Jesus Christ enough to endure real persecution for his name? Will we be willing to be jailed rather than forsake Jesus? Let us not only be prepared to do so, but be excited…

    Created 10 months ago

    Luke 21:12 (ESV)

  • What would Jesus see at our church

    Jesus was watching the people give their offerings at the temple. He saw wealthy people giving a small percentage of their wealth. He also saw a poor widow give all she had. What might have been a small,…

    Created 10 months ago

    Luke 21:1 (ESV)

  • Trick Questions

    People ask trick questions of God and Christians all the time, just as the Sadducees did, not because they sincerely want to know the answer, but because they already do not believe, and they simply want…

    Created 10 months ago

    Luke 20:33 (ESV)

  • Craftsman

    God is a better craftsman than we'll ever be. He made rocks. And rocks in their complex simplicity are beautiful. We can't even improve upon rocks. What makes us think we can improve upon the church which…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Exodus 20:25 (ESV)

  • permanent and forever

    The law of the passover is as important and permanent a law as any. And the fulfillment of this law is in Jesus Christ, who once and for all is the passover lamb, who's blood is permanently effective…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Exodus 12:24 (NLT)

  • No Titles

    Jesus did not want his disciples to hold titles. They were to fulfill functions, such as apostle and elder and pastor, but these were not titles of honor. They were simply functions that people had within…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 23:8 (ESV)

  • Obliviously heading to oblivion

    The sad thing is that many who lead others to spiritual death are not aware that that is what they are doing. Unfortunately, ignorance is not innocence.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Proverbs 5:6 (ESV)

  • Headshot!

    God prefers the headshot when dealing with his enemies. Instant death, no chance of recovery. Not really the kind of God you want to trivialize or take lightly.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 21:12 (ESV)

  • Why so secret?

    This is different than the Messianic Secret in Mark. Why would he not want anyone else to know about the transfiguration until after his death? Maybe he was worries about additonal hindrances to his main…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 17:9 (ESV)

  • Counter-intuitive

    Jesus' plans are, shall we say, counter-intuitive? If your plans for ministry make perfect sense to you, you may want to reexamine them and make sure they're from Jesus.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 16:22 (ESV)

  • What a great scam!

    Having your child spared from execution and then getting paid to raise him by the executioner's family, priceless.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Exodus 2:9 (ESV)

  • God is sovereign but we are responsible.

    God used the evil intentions of Joseph's brothers to bring about salvation for many. In the same way, the Jewish authorities killed Jesus, but God used that to bring about salvation. Joseph then is a…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Genesis 50:20 (ESV)

  • Revelation 13:1

    Revelation 13:1 (ESV)
    And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Jesus the tradition breaker

    Jesus broke tradition wherever tradition broke God's commandments, and he got in trouble for it witg the authorities. Are we willing to break human tradition in order to obey God? Are we willing to make…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 15:2 (ESV), Matthew 15:3 (ESV)

  • Isaiah 52:13

    Isaiah 52:13 (NLT)
    See, my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Dreaming and scheming

    How do you go about getting what you want? Do you have sneaky schemes or do you bully your way through life, stepping on other people on your way to the top? Do you lie and cheat to get the advantage…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Proverbs 3:31 (ESV), Proverbs 3:32 (ESV)

  • Magic Jesus

    Jesus is not a magician. He doesn't perform parlor tricks for peoples amusement. He will perform miracles on his Fathers initiative, not to satisfy skeptics. Jesus is truly Lord.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 12:39 (ESV)

  • Pranked!

    This has to be the greatest prank in history in terms of going to the extreme to humiliate someone. Most older brothers would have given Joseph a wedgie or simply beaten him up. But Joseph's brothers…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Genesis 37:28 (ESV)

  • Matthew 28:1

    Matthew 28:1 (ESV)
    Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • John 20:1

    John 20:1 (ESV)
    Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Wisdom leads to fearlessness

    Fearlessness and peace, the ability to relax and get a good night's sleep, all these are the product of holding to wisdom and discretion. Being wise, doing the right thing, these lead to a clear conscience…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Proverbs 3:24 (ESV)

  • Whom God wants around

    The qualities of the person whom God wants hanging around are basically truthfulness, mercy and integrity. I long to be this kind of person with these kinds of qualities. I long to hang out in the house…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Psalm 15:1 (ESV)

  • Jesus fulfills ceremonial laws

    All the ceremonial laws, including the laws concerning the temple and associated worship rituals and purity laws, are all subsumed by Jesus Christ. All those ceremonial laws were pointing to Jesus Christ,…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Matthew 12:6 (ESV)

  • Revelation 10:1

    Revelation 10:1 (ESV)
    Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Revelation 9:1

    Revelation 9:1 (ESV)
    And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-04-11

  • Ezekiel 37:1

    Ezekiel 37:1 (ESV)
    The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-04-04

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-02-02

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2010-12-21