February 8, 2014. “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an…
Tag: dailydevotion
Life’s most important question.
February 7, 2014. Ok, I’ve kept you in the dark about the other reasons I love Ecclesiasties so much for too long now (well, you probably didn’t really care that much, but it makes me feel better to say that). If you are just coming in now, you might want to read yesterday’s post first….
“Sweet is the sleep of a laborer.”
February 6, 2014. “Vanity of Vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity!” Is life worthless? Is there any point to all we do under the sun? This is the question that Solomon is addressing basically in the entire book of Ecclesiastes. This book is often credited with a dismal outlook on life…
The hand writing on the wall.
February 5, 2014. Since we talked about stories yesterday, I thought it profitable to tell a biblical story today, without reading it straight from the bible (though I strongly encourage that). Sometimes when we read, I think we read the word of God too dry. So I am going to tell you a story that…
Some things are just difficult.
February 3, 2014. Over the past couple of days, a friend and I have been studying some hard subjects. We have asked hard questions and have been hard-pressed to find complete answers. Through rigorous study and prayers, I believe God is leading us into truth, but it is only through him that we have been…
The Shema, or the greatest command.
February 1, 2014. I have successfully posted once a day for a full month! Thank you all who are encouraging me and reading my posts. I hope they have been a blessing. “‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these…
Stumbling blocks.
January 31, 2014. What is a stumbling block? If you have been in religious company long and topics of opinion and preference have come up, chances are you have heard this word. “Don’t be a stumbling block for your brother.” But what is a stumbling block? That is the topic we are going to deal…
Through us, O Lord, mankind save.
January 30, 2014. “‘Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not. And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not…
As white as snow.
January 28, 2014. It’s snowing! Classes are cancelled! (This may not seem like a big deal, but this amount of snow in Chattanooga pretty much shuts the town down…). I decided for today’s post, I would address a scriptural allusion to snow and contemplate the beauty that the Lord has bestowed upon the earth simply…
Three promises of Jesus.
January 27, 2014. “‘Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or…
What is truth?
January 26, 2014. There are many paths that man may take– all that will either bring good or harm. Yet each in his own path will find no alarm. There are many thinkers amongst the sons of men– ideas are woven and thoughts are formed. Yet to each clings his own, with others scorned. “What…
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