Last night we had our little Friday night get together and it was a really good time. We set up the sitting room with no furniture in it and covered the floor with korpatchas, sort of like sleeping bags that don‚Äôt open from Central Asia, to sit on. Five families all sat around in our […]
Experiencing the Sprit by H&M Blackaby: Book Review
So today I want to review “Experiencing the Spirit” by Henry and Mel Blackaby. The only problem is, in my planning, I didn’t realize that I’d be reviewing it on GOOD FRIDAY! So, here it goes. It was kind of hard for me to get into, because about the first 50 pages seemed to be […]
Working Hard at Getting Born Again
John 3:3 ESV Jesus answered him,¬†‚ÄúTruly, truly, I say to you, unless one isn born¬†o again [2] he cannot¬†p see the kingdom of God.‚Äù I read in a commentary that the phrase is all passive. It‚Äôs not something that we muster up and do. Just like our first birth, it is something that happens to […]
Jesus' Line in the Sand
V. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, ‚ÄúDo you believe in the Son of Man?‚Äù When Jesus asks the man this, the man doesn‚Äôt know who Jesus is, but the man would know that Jesus was a Rabbi (other people approached Him and called Him Rabbi […]
God Makes the Filthy Beautiful
In Ezekiel 16, God talks about finding Israel out in the field as he was passing by. She was lying in her blood-a newborn whose cord hadn‚Äôt even been cut. This was the ancient method of abortion, to have the baby and then dump it in a field. They didn‚Äôt even bother cutting the cord […]
Random Notes on John 9
<<<2009.03.10>>>some random notes:Midrash Rabbah on Song of Songs 1:41 (another later rabbinic work) states that when a pregnant woman worships in a heathen temple the fetus also commits idolatry. This is only one example of how, in rabbinic Jewish thought, an unborn child was capable of sinning. (http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=1318) Genesis Rabbah 63:6 says that Esau committed […]
Singular Experience and The Patient Power to Heal
John 9 (ESV) As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, c ‚ÄúRabbi, d who sinned, e this man or f his parents, that he was born blind?‚Äù 3 Jesus answered, ‚ÄúIt was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but g that the works of God might be displayed in him. […]
What makes you a part of the family?
John 8.34-35 ‚ÄúEveryone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.‚Äù Notice that Jesus didn‚Äôt say ‚Äúa sin‚Äù but ‚Äúsin‚Äù in general. It has to do with a lifestyle of obedience to His word. The Pharisees would have been keeping track of […]
Ezekiel, Vision, Bitterness, and Silence
Ezekiel 3 14 The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me. 15 And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. And […]
Jesus' Constant Process of Thinning the Herd
John 8.31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him…John 8.59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. John 8.31-59 is a single dialogue, with no sign of a change of location or audience. This whole section seems one way […]
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