Reciting Philippians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxxvoYOPAhI&t=4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxxvoYOPAhI&t=4s
As I was reading 1 Peter every day in the month of January, I noticed many commands from 1 Peter chapters 1-3. I am a big fan of the inductive bible study method - observation, interpretation, and application - so I thought I'd observe the text by writing down every command stated in the first [...]
People have asked me, what does it mean to fear the Lord? Do we need to fear Him because God is angry and mean? Quite the contrary. He is a loving, merciful, longsuffering, compassionate God. Yet, the scriptures tell us time and again to fear the Lord; the fear of the Lord is the beginning [...]
When I first got saved in Bend, my friend Angie gave me a beautiful leather-bound copy of the book Jesus Calling and told me it was her “chocolate.” So, I began reading it each day along with the scriptures cited for the day. But I was having an unsettling about it, even as a new [...]
The Question Have you prayed about it as much as you have talked about it? For me, that question was on the topic of wearing masks. I admit that when I read this question in an email I received a few weeks ago it convicted me. Guilty of joining in conversations about my displeasure of [...]
I can’t do it. I won’t do it. I won’t bite my tongue and keep this topic buried deep down festering like an ingrown toenail any longer. It was my hope it would go away. I prayed that the church, God’s people, would recognize the lie, seek repentance, and turn away from it. I thank [...]