Is Ghandi condemned for not being a Christian?

There has been a lot of … discussion … around Rob Bell’s new book, “Love Wins.” Here is the trailer for his book: [vimeo 20272585 w=440 h=248] I think it is intriguing, and I think he raises the question in a beautiful and honest way. Is God an ogre? Does making Jesus out to be […]

Skipping Over Mountains

  Before we move on, I wanted to remind you guys that we are skipping vast mountains of delicious scripture. BTW that picture is Mt. Baker, which is my view (if it’s clear) when I drive to and from work every day! WOW! Ps 119 is divided into sections of 8 to 10 verses organized […]

How to Not Sin

photo © 2007 Les Chatfield | more info (via: Wylio)   SCRIPTURE Thy word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against Thee. Psalms 119:11, NASB. PRAYER Father in heaven, I sin against You in so many ways; forgive me for my sins! I long to do Your will, to do […]

Beyond Bible Study

photo © 2007 umjanedoan | more info (via: Wylio)   SCRIPTURE Thy word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee. PRAYER O Lord, if treasure is something we hide, You must be the greatest treasure of all. We praise You that You know how to make the whole universe […]

Radical Discipleship , response 2

I am still reacting to this David Platt’s book ‘Radical’; Here is a trailer for his book: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoicm4wnQ4c&w=463&h=282] I actually want to think through the points in this trailer point by point. This is a strong and popular message and I think it deserves a more serious treatment than my last post. “The Mantra […]

Radical Discipleship

This post isn’t at all what you think it is going to be, judging from the title. Or, coming from me, maybe it is exactly what you think. I am reacting to this David Platt’s book ‘Radical’; Here is a trailer for his book: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoicm4wnQ4c&w=463&h=282] Let me paraphrase. All of you American rich people […]

Treasure in the Heart

photo © 2009 Mykl Roventine | more info (via: Wylio)   Today, we are actually moving forward to a new verse! By the way, just because we are skipping some verses in the blog here, doesn’t mean you can’t read the other verses yourself. DUH… ==================SCRIPTURE===================== Ps 119:11 Thy word I have treasured in my […]

all THY COMMANDMENTS

photo © 2009 Eden, Janine and Jim | more info (via: Wylio)   Yet another post on the same two verses! Yes. Yes indeed. ==================SCRIPTURE====================== Ps 119:5 Oh that my ways may be established To keep Thy statutes! 6 Then I shall not be ashamed When I look upon all Thy commandments. ==================PRAYER======================= O God, […]

Look upon ALL

photo © 2006 Andy Hay | more info (via: Wylio)   I’m running late today, and I’m in a rush, but there is ALWAYS time for the word. I’ve seen a zillion time where God worked things out because I made time for His word. ==================SCRIPTURE======================= 5 Oh that my ways may be established To […]

Keeping Boundaries

I actually forgot in the last Ps 119 post to give an assignment, a real obvious one. So this lesson is all about that. Also, you may be wondering, how many lessons is this guy going to do on TWO VERSES?!! Well, I’m going to do as many as I want! Actually, These two verses […]