Sam Grottenberg

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    2012-02-19

  • Ephesians 4:32

    Ephesians 4:32 (ESV)
    Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

    Created 5 months ago

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  • Isaiah 2:22

    Isaiah 2:22 (NCV)
    You should stop trusting in people to save you, because people are only human; they aren’t able to help you.

    Created 5 months ago

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    2012-01-11

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2012-01-11

  • Hebrews 2:17-18

    Hebrews 2:17-18 (ESV)
    Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Hebrews 2:14

    Hebrews 2:14 (ESV)
    Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

    Created 6 months ago

  • Hebrews 2:10

    Hebrews 2:10 (ESV)
    For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Hebrews 2:9

    Hebrews 2:9 (ESV)
    But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

    Created 6 months ago

  • Christ's Solidarity With Mankind

    In these verses, we see expressed the reality that Jesus experienced pain and suffering on the exact same human plane of existence as we did. This is how He is able to completely understand and relate…

    Created 6 months ago

    Hebrews 2:14 (ESV)

  • Acts 17:28

    Acts 17:28 (NIV)
    'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'

    Created 8 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 16:20

    Deuteronomy 16:20 (ESV)
    Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Remember you were a slave in Egypt

    This phrase is constantly repeated throughout the book of Deuteronomy - perhaps as a reminder to the self-centered Hebrew people, who were probably starting to get arrogant with their status as "God's…

    Created 11 months ago

    Deuteronomy 16:12 (ESV)

  • the Redeeming of Hebrew slaves

    God's command is to let your slave, a brother or sister in the Lord, go free after six years of service, just as He had redeemed all of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. This points to God's intention…

    Created 11 months ago

    Deuteronomy 15:15 (ESV)

  • Deuteronomy 15:11

    Deuteronomy 15:11 (ESV)
    For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'

    Created 11 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 15:8

    Deuteronomy 15:8 (ESV)
    but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 15:7

    Deuteronomy 15:7 (ESV)
    "If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,

    Created 11 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 15:4

    Deuteronomy 15:4 (ESV)
    But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess—

    Created 11 months ago

  • Deuteronomy 14:2

    Deuteronomy 14:2 (ESV)
    For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

    Created 11 months ago

  • Psalm 68:20

    Psalm 68:20 (ESV)
    Our God is a God of salvation, and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Psalm 67:1

    Psalm 67:1 (ESV)
    May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah

    Created 12 months ago

  • Proverbs 12:28

    Proverbs 12:28 (ESV)
    In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Luke 23:12

    Luke 23:12 (ESV)
    And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Luke 21:33

    Luke 21:33 (ESV)
    Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Luke 21:4

    Luke 21:4 (ESV)
    For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on."

    Created 12 months ago

  • Luke 20:26

    Luke 20:26 (ESV)
    And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Luke 20:17

    Luke 20:17 (ESV)
    But he looked directly at them and said, "What then is this that is written: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

    Created 12 months ago

  • Pleasing men

    The critics of Jesus here were so concerned with what they were saying, because they were afraid of what the people would think and say (one way or the other). They didn't care what might be the TRUTH,…

    Created 12 months ago

    Luke 20:5 (ESV), Luke 20:6 (ESV)

  • Zacchaeus repents

    Upon seeing the Lord Jesus, Zacchaeus turns from his sinfulness and exhibits a desire to be in relationship with Him. His old ways of cheating and defrauding people are left behind, in pursuit of a new…

    Created 12 months ago

    Luke 19:8 (ESV)

  • Luke 18:27

    Luke 18:27 (ESV)
    But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."

    Created 12 months ago

  • Like a child

    If we only receive the Kingdom of God like a child does, what is that referring to? Is it the innocence? The blind acceptance of Truth? The humility? The complete trust? Etc.? Or...ALL OF THE ABOVE?

    Created 12 months ago

    Luke 18:17 (ESV)

  • Luke 18:14

    Luke 18:14 (ESV)
    I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

    Created 12 months ago

  • Trusting in yourself for righteousness

    This is an interesting translation of the verse. It's Jesus' words about the prayers of the hypocrites versus the prayers of the righteous. I find the wording 'those who trust in themselves for righteousness'…

    Created 12 months ago

    Luke 18:9 (ESV)

  • Serving other gods

    It seems that this issue is a really important one to the Lord (obviously). Chapter after chapter talks about the consequences for bowing down to idols, serving other gods, etc.. I think Deuteronomy stresses…

    Created 12 months ago

    Deuteronomy 13:13 (ESV)

  • Deuteronomy 10:17

    Deuteronomy 10:17 (ESV)
    For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

    Created 12 months ago

  • Psalm 65:6

    Psalm 65:6 (ESV)
    the one who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with might;

    Created 12 months ago

  • and forgive is our sins

    Repentance should play a part in our prayer life. It shouldn't be the only thing, but it should be present. If we aren't regularly asking for forgiveness, it probably doesn't mean that we're living this…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 11:4 (NASB)

  • Levites and sojourners and the like

    Again and again this shows up: we are to care for those amongst us who have less. Those who are less fortunate God has entrusted to the care of those who have much.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 14:29 (ESV)

  • Not giving you this land because of righteousness

    This is a great reminder that God's blessing do not come because we deserve it, but because God desires to bless us for His own high purposes. In this case, (1) to drive out the pagans as punishment for…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 9:6 (ESV)

  • Great Commandment

    Love God with - Heart: the part of you that loves, and breaks. Soul: the part of you that is emotional, spiritual, and influences your whole being. Mind: the part of you that thinks, understands,…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 6:5 (ESV)

  • The Shema

    The Lord God, Yahweh, is ONE God. This is the crux of Jewish monotheism which we inherit as Christians, and colour with our understanding of this ONE God as the Trinitarian Godhead.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 6:4 (ESV)

  • What man among you...?

    It's interesting how many of Jesus' parables begin with this question: what man among you wouldn't do (blank)? His point is always this: if we, as humans, would logically choose to do something good,…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 15:4 (ESV)

  • Who do you say that I am?

    Jesus wanted Peter to recognize for himself who He was - the Christ. Jesus could have just told the disciples straight out that He was the Messiah, but their journey to faith, to and internal realization…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 9:20 (ESV)

  • The Gospel and healing

    Jesus sent His disciples out to spread the Good News of the Kingdom, AND to heal the sick - these two thing went hand in hand, they were not separated (even in His own ministry)

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 9:2 (ESV)

  • Drowned pigs

    Pigs in 1st century Palestine were, first of all, considered unclean by Jewish ceremonial law, and, second of all, were often associated as a metaphor for the oppressive Romans.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 8:33 (ESV)

  • Nothing is hidden...

    We can try and hid our sins all we want, but in the end, they will be made known publicly, in front of the throne of God and everyone. Better to own up to out mistakes now and repent of them before it's…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 8:17 (ESV)

  • The promise to Simeon

    What an exciting promise, to know you'll get to see the Messiah!

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 2:26 (ESV)

  • No place in the inn

    This is just speculation: but I wonder if "no place in the inn" has more tangible significance then the fact that it was just too full - wouldn't they have made room for a woman about to give birth? Perhaps…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 2:7 (ESV)

  • John/Elijah

    Even from the prediction of John's birth, he was prophesied to be like/in the spirit of Elijah. That association was foretold, not just assumed by the later Jewish listeners.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Luke 1:17 (ESV)

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    2011-04-25

  • The Centurian's epiphany

    The Centurian, a non-Jew, Gentile, pagan man who was government-alleiged, and unaware of the True God, recognizes Christ for who He is. Pretty awesome.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 15:39 (ESV)

  • They found no witnesses

    They couldn't find anyone to legitimately come forward and testify against Jesus - because He hadn't done anything wrong!

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 14:55 (ESV)

  • Has any other god ever...?

    What a great apologetical passage - Yahweh is the only God ever to intervene in human history, to change the course of events in favor of His chosen people.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 4:34 (ESV)

  • What nation has as great a god?

    This points to our understanding of our God as a personal, relational God, who wants to be involved in our lives, not just some hands-off deity looking down on us from above.

    Created about 1 year ago

    Deuteronomy 4:7 (ESV)

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    2011-01-18

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