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King Josiah of Judah
[This posting can also be found on another blog of mine, Bible 101, and is offered here as a sample of that series of posts, in case you’d like to follow that one, too.] I hope you had a blessed … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Old Testament
Tagged Assyria, Babylon, courage, Egypt, faith, faithfulness, Hilkiah, idols, Josiah, judgment, justice, Law, moses, Nebuchadneszzar, Necho, Neco, obedience, paganism, Passover, pattern, promises, prophecy, repentance, restoration, scroll, sin, sinfulness, Temple, worship
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Standing for 1st Century Christianity in the 21st Century — #3
We may complain a lot about trying to live a 1st century Christian life in the 21st century—there are so many new temptations that we have to contend with, so many cultural differences, so many challenges that we believe the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged ancient paganism, Christ, church, courage, current-events, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, fear, Gospel, grace, idols, judgment, justice, love, obedience, pattern, persecution, religion, sacrifice, salvation, suffering, wisdom, worship
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Standing for 1st Century Christianity in the 21st Century — #2
Our last posting gave thought to a stronger than usual pressure in our modern world to change God’s church, His moral standards, and His ways. However, we had also noted that rather than these being extraordinary and unprecedented times, there … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged change, church, convenience, courage, excuses, eye-candy, faithfulness, false teaching, idolatry, idols, leadership, pattern, sin, teaching, the one true God, truth, worship
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The Pattern of God — Walking According to the Pattern
Over the past several weeks we’ve been talking about the pattern of the church, the bride of Christ. We’ve noted that there is a pattern for the head of the church, a pattern for becoming a Christian and part of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, church, commands, discipleship, examples, faith, faithfulness, footsteps of jesus, heart, holiness, idols, immorality, judgment, meaning of life, morality, obedience, pattern, positive commands, purpose, religion, salvation, sin, theology, thoughts, wisdom
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Fallen, fallen is Babylon — Revelation 16-18
As I’ve mentioned before, the strands tell about the various aspects of God’s judgments on the world. Today’s reading deals with the strand of prophecies dealing with the finishing of God’s wrath on the material world. Har-Magedon — 16:13ff Chapter … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, Christ, church, courage, faith, faithfulness, grace, heaven, idols, judgment, justice, meaning of life, mercy, money, persecution, salvation
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Letters to the churches of Asia — Revelation 1-3
Today’s reading begins the last book of the Bible, Revelation. It is written by the apostle John toward the end of his life on the island of Patmos, where he was being detained as punishment for being a Christian leader. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, church, courage, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, false teaching, fear, Gospel, hope, idols, judgment, love, meaning of life, obedience, persecution, purpose, sacrifice, sin, suffering
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Paul’s first missionary journey — Acts 13-15
Today’s reading in Acts begins an almost exclusive focus on Paul’s missionary activity from the first missionary journey with Barnabas up to the time he was probably released from his first Roman imprisonment. Since many of us are unfamiliar with … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged abstain from blood, blindness, circumcision, desertion, gentiles, idols, rose gardens, synagogues, trouble
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Break up your fallow ground — Hosea 10-12
Well, glad you joined me again. Today’s reading continues to rebuke the wayward and hurtful nation of Israel for their flagrant sin. By the way, as you may remember me saying in a previous post, it was true that Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, Old Testament
Tagged destruction, fallow, fruitlessness, idols, justice, mercy, patience
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The story of Daniel begins — Daniel 1-3
There is so much to talk about with the beginning of Daniel! It’s an exciting and profoundly encouraging book; let’s dive right in, shall we? How did Daniel and friends get into Babylon? Although many of you already know how … Continue reading
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Tagged daniel, faithfulness, food, idols
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Rethinking This Thing About Being Your Authentic Self
There is a lot of buzz today about being our “authentic selves”. It is often used as rationalization for sinful behaviors, and can be heard in the memes of popular culture: ”I gotta be me”, “this is just who I … Continue reading →