Every person on earth is shaped in some way by his or her father. While a male will contribute to a pregnancy, a father contributes to a legacy. Like the church, family is an entity created and designed by God, and fathers play a huge role in the development and leadership of the individual family. (20 Minutes/5000 Words)
Read moreArchival Post: Avoid Irreverent Babble
Avoid Irreverent Babble
Archival Post
Like chopping down a tree, "irreverent babble" chops away at the word of God until unholiness becomes a myth. Paul said, "it will lead people into more and more ungodliness." More and more. As in, increasing. The ungodliness gets bigger with the Youtube uploads. God is not feared, so the writer writes, the speaker speaks, and waywardness is on the rise!
Read moreWalk in Truth - Consider the Season (1 John 2:18-20)
Walk in Truth Consider the Season
(1 John 2:18-20)
I want you to think of Joseph in the section of John's writing we are entering into today. You see, when you come to Christ, there is a feeling of abundance. You are forgiven for your sin through Jesus' substitutionary death, connected to your Father in heaven, and a recipient of the Spirit. (10 Minutes/2600 Words)
Read moreThe Millennial Reign of Christ (Revelation 20)
The Millennial Reign of Christ
(Revelation 20)
Revelation 20 has caused no small controversy throughout the life of the church. My view is that the received position of the early church was that Jesus would one day return literally and visibly to reign on earth for a thousand years. (8 Minutes/2000 Words)
Read moreExodus 18-19
This week, in Exodus Chapter 18, Moses is going to interact with his father-in-law, a man named Jethro, and receive important counsel from this man. This counsel is going to impact generations of the people of Israel. And Chapter 19 of Exodus begins the process of God delivering the law to the people of Israel from Mount Sinai.
Read moreFollow #43 - Mark 13:24-37 - The Second Coming Of Christ
On the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem's temple, a few days before his crucifixion, Jesus explained the end times to his disciples.
Read moreFollow #36 -- Mark 12:13-17 -- Jesus Challenged About Government Oppression
We are in a place in Mark's gospel where the hostility towards Jesus is reaching its peak. Soon, the religious leaders will conspire with the Roman authorities to put Christ to death. But these leaders and authorities feel a need to build their case against Jesus, and in the final week before his death, that's precisely what they set out to do.
Read more3 Protections for Today's Believers - Part 1 (1 John 2:18-27)
3 Protections for Today's Believers Part 1
(1 John 2:18-27)
Joseph, the youngest son of Jacob, was favored by his father. So much so, he was given a position of power and privilege over his older brothers. God favored Joseph too. He gave him dreams that indicated he'd one day lead his brothers and parents. No one but Joseph believed these dreams, and his brothers despised him because of the favor both God and their father had shown him. (10 Minutes/2600 Words)
Read moreA Guide for the Climb -- Chapter 6 -- Be at Peace Due to Your Position in God (Psalm 125)
In a famous episode during the life of Christ, He invited His disciples to cross the sea of Galilee with Him. "Let us go across to the other side," He said. One by one, they piled into the boat. Many of them had fished the lake for years, seasoned veterans of those waters. They'd seen it all out there. But not that day. That day, a massive storm arose, like nothing they'd ever seen. (15 Minutes/4000 Words)
Read moreAvoid Irreverent Babble (2 Timothy 2:16)
Avoid Irreverent Babble
(2 Timothy 2:16)
Keep talking, bro. Pretty soon nothing will be unholy. Everything will be sacred. No desire will be refused. Keep on babbling. Let the words twist and turn. Create arguments. Make it more complex than it has to be. If you keep at it, you'll hack down the whole tree. Soon, you'll be left with a stump of a belief system which will cohabitate nicely with your world's. (2 Minutes/350 Words)
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