- Remembering God’s Faithfulness in Times of Unrest
Psalm 77
Outline
1-6 | The psalmist pleads with God out of his sleepless remembering of times past
7-10 | Questioning whether God has changed
11-15 | Comfort is found in remembering the past works of God’s faithfulness
16-20 | All of creation speaks of God might shown in the exodus from Egypt
Reflections
How often do we forget the things that ...
- Saul Consults A Medium
1 Samuel 28
Outline
1-2 | Achish makes plans to attack Israel and asks David to join him, promising to make David’s men his guards
3-7 | Samuel’s death is lamented; Saul seeks a medium to inquire of Samuel since no one can speak for God in the land—“When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not ...
- God’s Tabernacle Design: Bronze Altar, Court, Oil and Lights
Exodus 27
Outline
1-8 | Design of the bronze altar
9-19 | Design of the curtains for the court of the tabernacle
20-21 | Requirements for the oil for lights
Reflections
God had very specific plans for the tabernacle. What makes us think He doesn’t have specific plans for the church?
v1 “And you shall make …”
v2 “You shall make …”
v3 “You shall ...
- Jesus Heals A Man Born Blind
John 9
Outline
1-12 | Jesus Heals a man born blind
13-17 | The Jewish leaders question the man
18-23 | The Jewish leaders question the man’s parents
24-34 | The Jewish leaders question the man a second time
35-41 | Jesus Affirms His Deity
Reflections
The disciples ask about a man born blind, whether he or his parents sinned resulting in his ...
- National Days of Repentance and Prayer
“It’s raining again tonight.”
That could be a typical journal entry for someone living at least in this part of Kansas lately with just a few exceptions. As I sat on my porch, I remembered a couple of things that some people might not connect but maybe they should be.
First, This year’s theme for the National ...
- El Camino de Jesús or The Way of Jesus
What is El Camino de Jesús or The Way of Jesus? I’m not the first person to use the phrase “the way” in connection to living as a Christian. In fact the first mention of the phrase is in the book of Acts. Paul was sent out by the Jewish leaders to search out those ...
- Forgiveness and Repentance
“I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more.”
One of the things that I’ve learned is that my capacity to forgive has increased tremendously as I have come to understand just how much I’ve been forgiven. As I reflected on this recently, I remembered the story of Jesus being asked by ...
- Physical Touch in the New Testament
Below is a compilation of the various times physical touch is found to result in something supernatural1, pronouncement of blessing, commissioning into an office, or confirmation of events in the New Testament.
1 Dictionary.com: “of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.”
- References to the Spirit in the Old and New Testaments
Below are some files that I compiled on the references to the Holy Spirit in the Bible.
I used the e-Sword Bible study software to do the searches.
- Baptisms in the book of Acts; Filling, Filled, or Full of the Holy Spirit
This is a summary of the various baptisms that took place during the expansion of the early church in the lifetimes of the Apostles. I’ve also included references to the people being filled with, being full of, or the filling of the Holy Spirit in Acts as well.