As we continue our discussion of how to study Scripture, we’re going to look at methods of observation. Observation is a critical aspect of Bible study. It not only forces us to look at the text carefully, but it helps us slow down and examine what is happening in the
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls. Mathew 11:29 The Lord has invited us into a partnership with Him. He wants to co-labor with
Your words matter. The words you speak to others and the words you speak to yourself, they all matter. If you’re anything like me, you save your harshest words for yourself. You know those poison-laced words no one else can hear except you. They repeat themselves over and over again
Before the battle had even begun, God told Joshua HE had delivered Jericho into Joshua’s hands. I know we don’t really like to talk about battles or wars anymore. The idea of everyone “co-existing” together sounds nice. Driving around town or on our highways, many of us will spot a
We all gathered in a large hut with no walls and a straw roof. This was the third or fourth sermon of the day. The uncomfortable benches and the proliferation of mosquitoes due to a slight rain kept me fully awake despite the fact that I don´t understand the Curripaco
And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”- Hosea 3:1 Poor Hosea received another command from the
He’s twelve and a half. Not a young boy anymore, and not even close to a man. Stuck in that limbo of life, often riding a swinging pendulum back and forth to each side as he waits – not so patiently – for his mind and body to mature. He’s independent and inquisitive in
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 When we read Genesis 1:1 we see Elohim in action. The plural of this name of God shows us
The last time I traveled to Europe, I suffered such culture shock, a deep yearning for home I never could have imagined, and a sense of feeling so small and lost that I promised myself I would never go back for work. (I left the door open for expensive vacations
Jonah 2 is the famous part of Jonah’s story where he gets swallowed by a great fish. It is while he is in this smelly belly that Jonah cries out to the Lord. Put yourself in his shoes for a minute. He has been thrown overboard, which in and of