For to you, it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me. -Philippians 1:29-30 I am not ashamed to confess that I enjoy receiving gifts. As a young … More The Sweet Surprise of Suffering
Romans 8 CONTEXT: Some have called this the greatest chapter in the Bible. It is hard to argue considering the opening verse. Paul sets up this after having spent all of Chapter 7 reminding everyone of his personal issues with sin and the law. Then he drops the promise of promises on all true believers … More DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT FOR TODAY – 06/22/2021
1 Timothy 4 CONTEXT: This chapter can be divided into three sections (v.1-5) deals with apostasy teachings entering into the church at Ephesus, (v.6-10) Paul’s instruction to Timothy on dealing with these false teachers (v.11-16) Paul’s encouragement to Timothy to persevere in the ministry. Our main text is the key (my opinion) verse in the … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/21/2021
Matthew 7:1-6 Context: Matthew 7:1–6 delivers Jesus’ declaration that His followers must not pronounce God’s judgment on each other. Those who do try to take God’s role in this way will be judged in the same way themselves. Human beings are not qualified to pronounce judgment because they are blind to their own sin. To … More Sunday Sermon Series – Right Judgement
John 3:16-18 You have heard me say (or seen me write here) many times my old Army saying that the maximum effective range of an excuse is zero meters. The Bible confirms this in Romans 1:20. Today especially with the advent of all the online resources mankind (for the most part) really has no excuse … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/19/2021
For those of us old enough to remember Julie Andrews singing My Favorite Things in the Sound of Music both the song and the thought of all those things brought a smile to our faces (still does 😉) Everyone has things they like and dislike, some of our likes become favorites. When we are talking … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/18/2021
Galatians 5 CONTEXT: Chapters 3 and 4 of Galatians are all about Theology and the final chapters (5 and 6) the application of that in a person’s life. Matthew Henry describes this Chapter as an earnest exhortation to stand fast in the liberty of the gospel. (1-12) To take heed of indulging a sinful temper. … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/17/2021
My friend Dan Darling recently offered insight on an oddity of Christian subculture. He tweeted, “If ‘stop fighting culture wars’ means rejecting irrational fear and worship of politics, yes. If it means ignoring Jesus’ command to love our neighbors by using our voice and vote to speak and work against injustices that hurt our neighbors’ flourishing, then … More Culture Wars and the Whole Counsel of God
Philippians 3 This has never happened in the 23+ years I have been reading or writing daily devotionals, where two had the same bible verse. So I had to comment on this today. CONTEXT: There are two major themes in Chapter 3, first Paul discusses Faith vs. Works in v.1-11, and then in v.12-21 he … More Devotional Thought for Today – 06/14/2021
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