December 2015

I know that at any given time and at at ever moment everybody is seeking something.  For me I want that something to be God.  Because God’s Word (the Bible) tells us that Jesus Christ is God, the Son and reveals God, the Father as the exact image of him (Colossians 1), I desire ever year to read what God has revealed about himself in the only book that reveals what is totally true and trustworthy about who God is and what he has and is doing in this world –  And That Book is that Bible – a book

Here is great motivation to read the Bible with the right goal in mind: “…to think God’s thoughts after him, to love what he loves, to cherish what he cherishes, to hate what he hates.  It is to shae the whole mind and heart.” — D.A. Carson  

by Jeff Robinson I vividly recall two conversations with pastors shortly after I surrendered to pastoral ministry in the late-1990s. The conversations were pivotal because in them I was exposed to two divergent approaches to ministry, and the Lord used them to convince me that I must saturate my mind with Scripture. In one conversation I asked a longtime pastor how many times he’d read the Bible in its entirety from Genesis to Revelation. “Never, but I hope to someday,” he replied. I was stunned. I thought, “Then how do you know what you believe?” Soon after I encountered another longtime shepherd of

Merry Christmas from the Glenn, Ann, Jonathan, & Andrew Leatherman “All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.” “If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: ‘God with us.’ We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ. The greater truth of the holiday is His deity. More astonishing than a baby in the manger is the truth that this promised baby is the omnipotent Creator of the heavens and the earth!”  

Here is a list of  Bible reading plans from Ligonier Ministries to start off the 2016 on the right foot.  I believe that reading the bible is one the most negelected means of grace that can improve our intimacy and passion for God through Christ.  I will post more on this next week as we approach 2016. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Paslm 119:105) Many Christians take the beginning of a new year to evaluate their Bible reading habits, and then change or begin a Bible reading plan. For your convenience, we’ve

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Religion makes us proud of what we have done.  The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus had done

I am always looking for good articles to help Christians to get past their folk theology in become good readers of the Bible.  This is one article that helps any christian understand how to understand the Scriptures well and particular a popular verses that many of use use for encouragement: http://www.wadeburleson.org/2015/11/real-prosperity-requires-no-change-of.html Real Prosperity Requires No Change of Scenery; Properly Understanding the Jer. 29:11 Promise There is a promise from God in Jeremiah 29:11 that is often quoted and nearly always misinterpreted. God says, “For I know the plans I have for you… plans to prosper you and not harm you…plans