Meditations And Reflections On The Word

To paraphrase from Paul's epistle, to the Saints who are reading this blog post, "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." (Ephesians 1:2 English Standard Version). This epistle covers a variety of topics including regeneration, church relations and social...

I here present notes from my study of the Book of Galatians, in which Paul writes to encourage the Galatians not to abandon the gospel that has been preached to them for heresies such as the keeping of the law. Notes on the Book of Galatians I think we, like the Galatians, can expect to...

I continue this study with Chapters 9-13, which discusses, amongst other things, charity, Paul's ministry and false apostles. Notes on Chapters 9-13 "Whoever sows sparingly, will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided...

I continue this study with Chapters 5-8, as Paul and Timothy continue to encourage and edify the church at Corinth. I have put in some prayers as I have felt so moved to do by the Scripture. Notes on Chapters 5-8 We should follow Paul and Timothy's example and be of good courage (2 Corinthians...

I now turn in my study to the Second Book of Corinthians, where Paul (along with Timothy) has composed a second letter to the Church in Corinth, following up on his first letter. Notes on Chapters 1-4 The Lord comforts us in our afflictions, which we can then use to comfort others in their...

I wrap up my study of the First Book of Corinthians with this final entry, which covers, amongst other things, love, spiritual gifts and the resurrection. Notes on Chapters 13-16 If we do not have love we are nothing (1 Corinthians 13:2). No charitable acts, spiritual gifts or amount of faith...

We continue our look at the First Book of Corinthians with Chapters 9-12. Notes on Chapters 9-12 Like Paul, we should make ourselves servants to all, that is we should relate to others as they are (without compromising ourselves) instead of being rigid; to the Jews Paul became a Jew and put...

I continue this study of the Book of First Corinthians with Chapters 5-8, which contain much discussion on internal church relations as well as marriage. Notes on Chapters 5-8 If there is an unrepentant sinner in the church, he should be removed (1 Corinthians 5:1-2). They are to be delivered...

I continue this bible study with the Book of First Corinthians, Chapters 1 through 4, which provides a lot of helpful information that I feel is relevant to evangelism specifically. Notes on Chapters 1-4 We should be thankful not only for our own spiritual gifts but those spiritual gifts that...

I wrap up my study of the Book of Romans with this final entry, much of which consists of further advice from Paul on how a Christian should live and act. Notes on Chapters 13-16 Be subject to those in authority for the sake of God's wrath and your conscience (Romans 13:1,5). I do believe...

I continue my study of the Book of Romans with Chapters 9-12, upon which I have written some notes which I provide below. Chapter 12 in particular is full of advice for the Christian and I believe is worth revisiting every once in a while just to get a sense/reminder of what the character of a...

I continue with my study of the Book of Romans with my notes on Chapters 5-8, many of which are focused on our sin nature. Notes on Chapters 5-8 There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ for we are at peace with God through Christ and partakers of his grace (Romans 5:1,2). Grace is...

In keeping with the spirit of Paul, I say unto those reading this "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." (Romans 1:7 ESV) I am currently reading through the Book of Romans and wanted to share some of my notes as I feel Paul provides a lot of words of truth and...

I think we all remember a time as children where we were playing around where we were not supposed to be only to hear our parents or some other responsible adult yell at us to "Come out of there!" So too we as children of God should heed the Father (or older brother)'s call to get out of places...

"Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God is making his appeal through us." (2 Corinthians 5:20 ESV) In his joint letter with Timothy to the Corinthians Paul refers to he and Timothy as "ambassadors for Christ." What does it mean to be an "ambassador for Christ"? Well, an ambassador is...

Update note: I understand that many of the questions below can apply to people who do not practice the occult or even to ourselves but the purpose of these questions is to try and see if there is an underlying agenda of a person or persons to undermine the credibility of the bible, the church or...

I should say right off the bat that I am actually not so much interested in "karma" as it may be understood in Hinduism, Buddhism or other religions that subscribe to it (which concept I think is more complex and nuanced than the following discussion). Rather I am more interested in what we here...

To make a long story short I was prompted to write this post because it's cold outside. Now given the time of year this is not a surprise and I usually would be inclined not to give such things a second thought but I am currently reading A.W. Tozer's The Pursuit of God and he was discussing how...

We oftentimes hear that we should stand up for ourselves and fight for what's ours. While I agree that there are rights that are worth defending oftentimes the methods we choose of defending those rights are not in accordance with the will of God. When we walk in the will of God and give him a...

I had originally planned to put this in my "Power of the Tongue" series but after spending some time thinking about it I think this blog post would be better off as a stand-alone. For those who have not read the "Power of Tongue" series of posts I am currently blogging about the Bible's...