Note: This post was copied from John Piper at Desiring God: Don’t rest on past reading. Read your Bible more and more every year. Read it whether you feel like reading it or not. And pray without ceasing that the joy return and pleasures increase. Three reasons this is not legalism: You are confessing your…
One of our people at church asked a question about a recent Bible reading as we are reading through the Bible this year. “In Exodus 16:3, the Israelites begin complaining about how hungry they are. What happened to all of the animals that they had in Egypt? I don’t recall reading that anything specific happened…
In Judges 17, we come across a young man named Micah. Micah’s name means, “Who is like God”. But Micah isn’t much like God. He steals silver from his mother and then when he ‘fesses up, his mother dedicates some of the silver for Micah to make into two idols. Micah hires out a Levite…
We come to Acts 15 and find a group of believers who felt that grace wasn’t enough to save someone. They said that you must be circumcised in order to be saved. This was a great concern to Paul and Barnabus, as well as the other disciples. After praying about the matter, the apostles decided…
I just watched a great discussion on the importance of the covenant of marriage. It reminded me of a conversation I had between the time when Amy and I got engaged and married. My youth Sunday School teacher said that there would be times when you have to be committed to the marriage, as opposed…
“Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” (1 Peter…
