I’ve had the joy of spending more time than ever reading scripture to write these blog posts. Taking the time to go through a book at a time has really strengthened my faith. Today I’m going to veer off slightly, but I won’t go too far. I am going to try my hand at explaining … Continue reading You can have Peace and Confidence in these times
I’m looking at Psalm 1 with “new-ish”eyes. I’ll explain. Psalm 1:1 When I used to look at the Bible as a “how-to” manual I used to see this verse as what I should strive to be like. I honestly thought that this was a goal or directive to follow. Walk has often been used to … Continue reading Back to the Psalms
Let’s look at Psalm 2. The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, (Imagine a king being coronated, the world has been invited to attend this wonderful event. Rather than attend the … Continue reading Rage and Refuge
I cannot say enough about this book. Pilgrim’s Progress is certainly one of my favorites. However, Holy War is a close runner up. And this week it’s claimed the top spot. A quick summary. Mansoul is a city in the Universe. It was created by the good King Shaddai. It’s currently under siege by the … Continue reading The Holy War
I just finished reading “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs”. It was a very interesting read. Rather than review it, I’m going to discuss the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The Ugly: The part that the “church” played in the early killing of martyrs was heartbreaking. It was hard to stomach that many who fled persecution in Europe … Continue reading My summary of “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs”
I plan on writing a longer summary of “Foxes Book of Martyrs” FBoM. Taking a deeper look at a few of the martyrs was my plan, but it really got entirely too hard to pick whom I’d talk about. Each story is so interesting. I could honestly see someone digging and researching each one to … Continue reading A visit with the dead
I read this book with the intention of writing a summary of the Lord’s farewell discourse. By page 3, I knew that I was on deep weeds. I may still try to tackle it, but not now. I really was out of my league. I am very moved by stories of people who have given … Continue reading Reading
The Whole Armor of God 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. We all have read it and most of us have it memorized. “Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.” The point that stands out to me and probably even more to the original audience is … Continue reading Stand Eph 6:10-19
22 Abstain from every form of evil. 23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. 25 Brothers, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. 27 I put … Continue reading 1 Thessalonians 5:22-28
1 Thessalonians 5:14 Because we know the Lord is coming back, we don’t have the license to idle. Again the Christians were supposed to be counter culture. This is a very common theme in the Epistles. It’s often overlooked. The Lord doesn’t want us to look like the world. We should honestly want to stand … Continue reading 1 Thessalonians 5:14-22
