Posted in Bibllical Reflections on Jun 8th, 2006 No Comments »
As usual, Mark Lauterbach has some insightful thoughts on the Gospel. Ian Duguid preached at Grace Church on Numbers. One quote and then I’ll direct you to his site:
But Iain noted this as well — when God speaks of the places where he was faithful, he develops the details. When God writes [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections, McCheyne Bible Reading on May 19th, 2006 No Comments »
Polls Do Not Tell the Story: A Reflection on 2 Peter 2:10-11
Imagine if our faith was determined by polling, a polling of our hearts that is. I went into a doctor’s office once and on the receptionist’s desk was a sheet of paper that had a myriad of cartoon faces with different types of facial [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections, Theology on May 17th, 2006 No Comments »
I will eventually get to writing a full piece on this subject this coming summer when I preach on the “Gracious Holy Spirit.” But in speaking with Mark Lauterbach, he told me about some of the things he’s written on the subject, and boy after reading his stuff, who needs mine? Here’s a [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections, McCheyne Bible Reading on May 12th, 2006 No Comments »
As I read the Bible reading system from Robert Murray McCheyne, it is great to know what this man thought of expository preaching. This quote that I got from Oversight of Souls speaks volumes as to why his Bible reading chart of so powerful:
‘anxious to give them on the Sabbath what had cost him somewhat, [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections, McCheyne Bible Reading on May 12th, 2006 No Comments »
It’s hard not be double-minded. It is far too easy to “speak out of both ends of the mouth,� to look one way towards a person but inwardly to be something completely opposite. This past week I was at IKEA where I was looking for some drawers for my office. I found this great piece [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections, McCheyne Bible Reading on May 10th, 2006 No Comments »
Justified by Works?
It is very easy to see how someone can read James 2:24 and be utterly confused when it comes to understanding justification. James 2:24 reads: “You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.� This seems to be in direct contradiction to Paul who writes in Romans 3:28: [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections, Family on May 9th, 2006 No Comments »
I am going to respond to Tim in a comment on his question about Living Wills, but it has been so much of my heart of late, that I feel I must respond in a post. Allow me to make this disclaimer: I have not sat down and studied this issue in light of the [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections, Culture on May 2nd, 2006 2 Comments »
Today was the second time I was listening to the radio where a caller was talking about his “disease� of compulsive gambling. Now I have had this discussion before, but the result always seems the same: People cannot imagine that perhaps that are responsible rather than some disease. The argument goes that there is a [...]
Posted in Bibllical Reflections, McCheyne Bible Reading on Apr 28th, 2006 3 Comments »
I love the book of Hebrews the more I understand the Gospel. I used to think of it as an eclectic book meant for those of Jewish descent who could understand all of the Hebrew imagery or a book only for biblical scholars. But what I failed to see was that the book of Hebrews [...]
Posted in McCheyne Bible Reading, Personal Thoughts on Apr 28th, 2006 No Comments »
In reading Psalm 39 I can’t help but think of my uncle again lying in his bed in ICU. David writes in verses 4-5: “O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! 5Behold, you have made my days a few [...]
