Showing posts with label Christ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christ. Show all posts
Friday, December 29, 2017

Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children - Book Review

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Parenting is one of the toughest jobs in the world, and today's culture isn't making it any easier. And when we feel like were stru...
Friday, December 15, 2017

The Sacred Slow - Book Review

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In the beginning, "there was evening, and there was morning - the first day." Time has not changed: it remains one of the few una...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Abram Called and Blessed ... Genesis 12:1-3

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God promised to bless Abram and make him great, but there was one condition. Abram had to do what God wanted him to do. This meant leaving...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

A New Covenant of the Heart - Jeremiah 31:31-34

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God would inscribe his law upon their hearts rather than upon tablets of stone as were the Ten Commandments. This change seems to describe ...
Monday, September 4, 2017

Sunday - The Peaceful Kingdom - Isaiah 11:1-9 - 9/3/17

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Assyria would be like a tree cut down at the height of its power never to rise again. Judah (the royal line of David) would be like a tree ...
Monday, August 7, 2017

Sunday - Called To Witness - Acts 6:1-7 - 8/6/17

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When we read the descriptions of the early church - the miracles, the sharing and generosity - we may wish we could have been a part of this...
Friday, July 21, 2017

6 of 6 ... The Heart: The Key to Everything in the Christian Life - Book Review

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This fourth soil of the heart is what every Christian should strive for in their walk with God for this is the fertile ground that bears fru...
Saturday, July 15, 2017

Sunday - Jeremiah's Call and Commission - Jeremiah 1:4-10 - 7/16/17

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God knew you, as he knew Jeremiah, long before you were born or even conceived. He knew you, thought about you, and planned for you. When ...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Wednesday - Grace Abounded through Jesus Christ - Romans 5:18-21 - 4/19/17

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Acquittal and life for all followed upon Christ's perfect obedience. Law ... to increase the trespass, this is explained in 7:7-13. ...
Sunday, April 9, 2017

Sunday - God's Saving Love in Christ - John 3:1-16 - 4/9/2017

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Verse 14 (crucifixion) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so the Son of man be lifted up: Nicodemus personal name...
Sunday, March 19, 2017

Sunday - God's Love Manifest - John 15:1-17 - 3/19/17

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The grapevine is a profilic plant: a single vine bears many grapes. In the Old Testament grapes symbolized Israel's fruitfulness in doi...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

1 of 2 The Begining ... Book Review

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Prelude To The Apocalypse: Companion Study Guide Paradox: A statement, doctrine, or expression seemingly absurd or contradiction to the r...
Saturday, March 4, 2017

Friday - Loving God & Brothers & Sisters - I John 4:20-5:5 - 3/3/17

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It is easy to say we love God when it doesn't cost us anything more than weekly attendance at religious services. But the real test of ...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Sunday - Christ Creates Holy Living - Galatians 5:18-6:10 - 2/26/17

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Live each day controlled & guided by the Holy Spirit. Then the words of Christ will be in your mind, the love of Christ in your actions...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Monday - Walk in Newness of Life - Romans 6:1-11 - 2/20/17

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This section deals with sanctification - the change God makes in our lives when we become Christians. Chapter 6 discusses the continuing st...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

Sunday - Freedom in Christ - Galatians 5:1-17 - 2/19/17

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Christ died to set us free from sin & from a long list of laws & regulations. Trying to be saved by keeping the Law & being s...
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Saturday - Produce the Fruit of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-16 - 2/18/17

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The "fruit of the Spirit: is the spontaneous work of the Holy Spirit in us. They are the by-products of Christ's control, & we...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Monday - Christ, the Wisdom of God - I Corinthians 1:18-25 - 2/13/17

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God's way of thinking is not like the world's way (normal human wisdom), but God offers eternal life while the world cannot. We can...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Sunday - New Birth Brings Freedom - Galatians 4:8-20 -2/12/17

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The apostle Paul commended the Galatians for not rejecting him, even though his condition was revolting (he doesn't explain what was wro...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Thursday - The Cost of Being a Disciple - Luke 9:23-27,57-62 - 2/9/17

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Christians follow their Lord by imitating his life & obeying his commands. To take up the cross means to obey selfish desires to use ou...