photo © 2007 Mike Baird | more info (via: Wylio) a hint of spring sweetness graces the cold air the river has changed since last I went this way standing on long legs sensuous neck held aloft impossible ungainly a great blue heron lunges into flight glides effortless over the water
Today’s study: we are finishing up Ps 119:5-6. ==================================================== 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. ==================================================== Father in heaven, we are beset daily with many tasks, many frustrations, and many fears. I feel them bearing […]
photo © 2007 Marieke Kuijjer | more info (via: Wylio) Ps 119 study no.3 ================================== Father, I am ignorant and distracted, pressed with many worries and concerns. I entrust them all to You now so that I can be free to be taught of You. Show me your ways in great abundance, change us […]
I have a lot of studies on various verses, so periodically I want to post them here. This the start of a whole series on Ps 119. I always start with a prayer, then the verse, then a meditation and explanation of the verse. At the end there is a suggested way to go […]
photo © 2006 James Diggans | more info (via: Wylio) “So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, because we are […]
photo © 2007 Joe Lewis | more info (via: Wylio) In a recent conversation on someone’s blog, which was very pleasant and congenial, the following comment came up: Personally, I would stress that what we claim to believe (concerning the resurrection, to what extent one believes the Bible is literal, et al.) means nothing […]
photo © 2010 Clyde Robinson | more info (via: Wylio) Jason B. Hood, in an article in Christianity Today, wrote an article criticizing the teaching of radical grace. You can read the whole article here: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/januaryweb-only/heresyisheresy.html Apparently the teaching of radical grace is much more widespread than I had realized, which is heartening! He […]
photo © 2008 viZZZual.com | more info (via: Wylio) Peter Rollins, my favorite heretic, in his book “The Fidelity of Betrayal,” shares the following story: There is an old anecdote that speaks of a couple planning to decorate their living room with attractive byt expensive wallpaper. It so happens that one of their friends […]
photo © 2010 Sue Bailey | more info (via: Wylio) “While I regarded God as a tyrant I thought my sin a trifle; But when I knew Him to be my Father, then I mourned that I could ever have kicked against Him. When I thought God was hard, I found it easy to […]
In studying through the book of Luke, I discovered something that to me is quite a little gem. In Matt 16/Luke 9 we have the story of Jesus’ dialog with Peter and the disciples about His identity: “”But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are […]