Psalm: 16 Meditation: JudeIsn’t it amazing how much of the New Testament is devoted to keeping up your guard against false teachers and false doctrine? If this was so important in the first century, how much more should we scrutinize what is preached or written today? While technology has made it easier to read and …
Tag: Knowledge
Saturday, October 15
Psalm: 20 Meditation: 1 CorWhere does our hope come from? What do Christians hope for? Then as now, different groups have added to or subtracted from the Gospel message and God’s truth. They are trying to combine the Gospel with their knowledge and understanding. Paul’s rejection of these arguments contrast the future of hope through …
Tuesday, October 11
Psalm: 5 Meditation: MattThe truth of God’s Gospel does not go out without meeting resistance. Jesus warns not only where/who this resistance will come from but also how the strength and knowledge to respond will be given. There has been much disagreement to the “when” in this prophecy. Do you think this was for the …
Wednesday, August 31
Psalm: 38 Meditation: JamesOne should never take God for granted or presume to know the mind of God. In life, little things can have a big impact. Like Jesus, James focuses on the tongue as an outlet for the evils in the heart and the damage it can do. James admonishes us to control our …
Monday, May 9
Psalms: 125, 126 Meditation Colossians: Paul’s student Epaphras, a Colossian himself, was sent to Colossae to bring the gospel from Ephesus, where Paul had established a church. As Colossae was a fledgling church, it was essential to ground the people in the faith and to keep them from being carried off by whims and deceptions. …
Wednesday, March 16
Psalms: 16, 21 Meditation Romans: “Since they did not think it was worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind.” God has an interesting way of exacting judgment. He did a very similar thing in Egypt – first the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart and later Pharaoh hardened his …
Saturday, January 15
Psalm: 45 Meditation Ephesians: So, this is a prayer. I can tell because Paul said, “I bow my knees…” (v. 14) He is praying for his hearers (and in our case his readers) “that you may have power to comprehend… and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be …
Wednesday, February 24
Psalm 119:49-72 Meditation: 1 Corinthians – Human knowledge and wisdom has very little impact on the spread of the Gospel. Acknowledging this and coming from a place of humble testimony is how Paul says he teaches and ministers. There is nothing more frightening than being the leader in a situation and acknowledge that no amount …
Tuesday, February 2
Psalm 61, 62 Meditation: John – These were the people of Galilee where Jesus grew up with his family. They knew him. They knew his siblings and parents. They went to the Temple together and celebrated the feasts together and suddenly Jesus was telling them that he is the Bread of Life and from heaven. …
Saturday, January 9
Psalm: 121, 122, 123 Meditation: John –While Jesus specifies that he does not judge, if he did, his judgments would be in conjunction with God the Father. According to the legal system referenced in the passage, the testimony of two witnesses is true, making any testimony made by Jesus the truth. If everything Jesus says …
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