In working through Isaiah 6-9 for a Christmas teaching series, these four verses (8:19-22) jumped out to me as a picture of what is happening to our country. Let me start with the last verse: Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven... Continue Reading →
This is part of a homily given at a recent wedding. Why Weddings and Marriages? Because God establish both in the very first week of the earth's existence! On day six of the seven day week established by God at creation; He performed a wedding and made a marriage and established a family and only then... Continue Reading →
II Peter 3:11, Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness II Peter 1:3, As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue (moral excellence; purity;... Continue Reading →
Isaiah 53:3-4, He was despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 1. Despised and rejected by family –... Continue Reading →
Hebrews 4:9-16 is such a powerful and important passage to have a grasp of and allow to bolster one’s faith. I find myself often allowing the truths in these verses to direct me and encourage me. May the truths here be helpful to you as well! Salvation: 9-11,There remains therefore a rest for the people... Continue Reading →
Here are a set of verses with GREAT Truths! Let the truths declared here touch your soul! I Chronicles 29:10-15David blessed the Lord before all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever.”Note the attributes and markers attached to God (vv. 11-12): 1. Yours, O Lord, is... Continue Reading →
At ABC (Ashland Bible Church) we are moving at a snail pace through the letter from God to us via the hand of Paul to the first church established in Europe – at Philippi in the land of modern Greece. In doing some background work in Acts to help us grasp God’s ways in that “church... Continue Reading →
Joel 2:1, Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord is coming... Joel 2:12, “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” So rend your... Continue Reading →
Luther came under conviction and then under the rule of this truth: Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith, Habakkuk 2:4. The Just - Romans 1:16-17, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and... Continue Reading →
I Kings 1:1, Now King David was old, advanced in years… 15, now the king was very old. King David was “termed out”. It was time for a new king – but who? Adonijah decided he’d run for the office... I Kings 1:5a, Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” He plotted out a... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 