Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(21) Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you— (22) for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.’ (Ecclesiastes 7:21-22); ‘(24) And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.… Continue Reading Freedom Of Speech For The Believer Has Righteous Limits
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(38) “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” (39) “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, (40)… Continue Reading Don’t Stop The Gospel From Being Presented
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?”’ (Isaiah 29:15) The context is from a series of ‘woes’ God provides through Isaiah, and Isaiah 29 focuses on ‘David’s City’, which is Jerusalem or… Continue Reading Hiding In The Dark Is Unrighteous Intent
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.’ (Proverbs 19:21) Many have good intentions, to the point where they believe they can supersede authority. Sometimes this may need to occur when man’s laws are found to be unjust. A person should always obey up to the point… Continue Reading We Can Amend The Constitution, But We Can Never Amend The Bible
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(6) But when <the Israelite elders> said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. (7) And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.”…… Continue Reading When We Get What We Want, Outside Of God’s Will, We Get What We Deserve
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.’ (Psalm 118:8); ‘Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.’ (Psalm 20:7) OK, I will attempt to refrain from anything political in today’s blog, so…er, well, awhile back I came… Continue Reading Trust In God, Not In Man (Or Elections)
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(11) Jesus continued (providing parables): “There was a man who had two sons. (12) The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. (13) “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant… Continue Reading The Prodigal Son: Consumption Without Production
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.’ (Proverbs 22:7); ‘The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously…’ (Psalm 37:21); ‘(19) Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest. (20a) You may charge… Continue Reading ‘Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be’ – Is Shakespeare Biblically Correct?
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(5) <Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount,>“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. (6) But when you pray, go into… Continue Reading How We Should Pray
