Sometimes the difference between reading the Bible and remembering what you were taught in Sunday School as a child is as different as night and day. For example, I was reading the story of the fearful prophet Elijah who was running for his life. The Queen had put a price on his head after the …
Category Archive: Inspiration
Oct 30
A Song I Long To Sing (Revelation 11.17-18)
The vision given to the apostle John, and recorded for our encouragement and instruction, is wondrously foreboding and yet hopeful. Despite the horrors of the judgments poured out upon the earth, there is a beautiful and compelling picture painted of the new heaven and new earth that is soon to come. Hear the psalm of …
Oct 09
Praising a God Who Does Great Things Through the Unnamed (Acts 23.12-22)
We all know the apostle Paul, right? But did you know that we may never have heard of Paul if it weren’t for his nephew? Towards the end of the book of Acts, Paul was in Jerusalem and in a mess of trouble. The Jews had rioted against him. The Roman authorities arrested him to …
Sep 19
What Can We Learn From Peter’s Story (Luke 5.1-11)
Peter stands as one of those “giants in the faith,” alongside Moses, Abraham, David, and Paul. But it is so easy to forget that Peter was an ordinary man who encountered an in-ordinary Christ who changed his life from the mundane to the extraordinary. The gospel writer, Luke, describes how Peter’s life was transformed by Jesus. 1On …
Sep 18
What Makes One Successful in Ministry? A Meditation on Acts 16.6-40
What makes for a successful ministry? Ask any minister, and if they are honest with you, they will tell you about the struggle to define what it means to be successful in ministry. The question comes up when we are trying to “sell ourselves” to a search committee. The question comes up when we meet …
Sep 12
“There is a Balm in Gilead,” and Other Things We Sing
OK, let’s play a little game of hymnal trivia. For those of you old enough to remember singing hymns in church, let’s play a game. For each of the following phrases, (1) name the title of the hymn and (2) the Scripture from which it is based. Till from Mount Pisgah’s lofty height I view …
Aug 27
The Danger of Giving Advice: A Meditation on Job 5
Eliphaz was a good friend. Who gave good advice. That was true. And wrong. Eliphaz reminds us this morning to weigh carefully our words when urged to give advice to others. Eliphaz was a good friend of Job. And when misery fell upon his friend, he faithfully traveled to his side. He sat silently beside …
May 30
The Character Deformation of a Fool
Glen Pemberton, professor at Abilene Christian University, wrote a very interesting article that was published in Restoration Quarterly in 2008. It was called, “It’s a Fool’s Life: The Deformation of Character in Proverbs.” The following is a summary of his work, and all quotes are his unless otherwise noted. It is common today to be …
Daily Bible Readings
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