The lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction–because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty. Malachi 2:7
An Ok Offering of Thoughts on Malachi 1
Malachi 1 – paraphrase of Malachi 1:6-7 – You priests are the ones who are defiling my name. “but how” you may ask. By putting defiled food on my altar. “But how does that defile You?” you say. By saying that the Lord’s table is contemptible! – The real verse: “When you bring blind animals […]
Taking the Word Seriously
If we’re going to worship over the Word, I will not be able to be neutral about great realities. There is simply too much at stake every week to entertain you with trivialities and platitudes. John Piper, from a sermon on Romans 9:19-23
A Few Words on Poverty
Some people have said that the Pine Ridge reservation is the poorest county in the US. I don‚Äôt know if they just said that because it is poor there or if they had concrete data, but once you visit there, you will hope that it is true-that no one else is poorer than what you‚Äôll […]
B. Warren on John the Baptist's Training
John the Baptist was not corrupted by the theology of his day. Now that’s big to know.
The Essence of Praise
A psalm. For giving thanks.Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.Worship the LORD with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs.Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we areHis people, the sheep of His pasture.Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; […]
quote of the day: Sissy Pants
don’t cry have a cookie Christianity is creating a generation of momma’s boy sissy pants Christians that stay home and bask in their experience of God while the outside world puts Christians into a powerless subculture and lines up for hell in their pimped up rides and their psychic guides
Risen Expectations
The thought of the day is: don’t lower the Bible to your level of experience – cry out to God to raise your level of experience to the level of what you see in the Bible.
Notes from the Well: Acts 19-20
Acts 19-20 for The Well Apollos, a disciple of John, has prepared the way in Ephesus Ephesus was the capital of proconsular Asia, BIG city, most of Asian trade went through the port of Ephesus Temple of Diana was a sanctuary for criminals Ephesus means "Darling, maiden of choice" Paul arrives and can tell something […]
Proverbs 24 to Matthew 25
Ok, so maybe I’ve been spending too much time in the prophets lately. I read Proverbs 24:11-12 this morning and can only read it one way. Oh God, please help me to act on Your Word! Prov. 24:11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. Prov. 24:12 If you […]
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