Post Theme: Learning and Praying Together – Ministry Update, March 2018 “And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said… And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. …Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I …
Week 4, Part 2: The New Testament and Children Day 4: The Value of a Child Children are often overlooked in this big ol’ world, but the New Testament in no way neglects them. In fact, it all started with a child, and then The Child who had come to redeem us from our sins. …
Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 5 – Dung on Your Face (Part 2) –Priests Gone Astray: Malachi 2:1-9 The message of Malachi chapter two was written to the priests. God had made a covenant with the Levites, but they had “departed out of the way” (2:8). This passage addresses very clearly …
Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 4 – Malachi – Dung on Your Face: Malachi 2:1-3 This is a hard post for me to write, not because I don’t want to write it, but because I want to scream it from the housetops and know that I can’t. Imagine this scene, a …
Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 3 – Malachi: Setting the Stage Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament. As stories go, this “final chapter” would be similar to that of a children’s book that I once read. The fair maiden is trapped in the castle tower, held prisoner by the …
Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 2 – Esther Cont’d – Mordecai’s Influence: Esther 2:20; 4:1-17 Esther’s obedience continued even after she had been made queen. Chapter two, verse seventeen tells us that she was made queen in Vashti’s place. The king threw a feast, he gave out money and gifts, made …
Week 8 – Lessons from the Prophets Cont’d Day 1 – Esther Cont’d – Stopping the Fatherless Pandemic: Esther 2:10; Proverbs 22:6 Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it.” That Mordecai took this to heart can be plainly …
Post Theme: God, Government, and the Fatherless Week 4, Part 1: Lessons from Psalms and Proverbs Day 2 – God, Government, and the Fatherless: Psalm 10:14-19 I’ve debated about the title of this post for an hour now. First, it was “God and the Fatherless” and then the one you see above. Then it went …
Post Theme: The Wicked and the Fatherless Week 4, Part 1: Lessons from Psalms and Proverbs Day 1 – The Wicked and the Fatherless: Psalm 10:18; 94: 3-6; 109:9,12; 146:9 It never pays to do evil. Job and his friends painted a picture of wicked men being those who oppress and abuse the poor, the …
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 3 – Job’s Reasoning (Part 2 – Avoiding Self-righteousness): Job 42:5,6 “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Yesterday, we looked at Job’s first reason for his …
