In the gospel of Matthew chapter 6, Jesus tells us not to worry about food, clothes, and shelter. The Father understands what we need and will provide. Jesus explains that the Father even clothes the grass of the field. What an interesting concept to consider? I mean when I look at the grass in my yard, I just see grass. I never thought of Read More…
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Psalm 51 was written by David when he sought forgiveness and repentance after he had slept with Bathsheba. David was supposed to be leading his army into battle but he chose to stay home. We read in 2nd Samuel 11 how David found himself in a situation in which he was tempted with sex. David had great power and was able to do anything he wanted and he wanted Bathsheba. He chose to use his God given power to Read More…
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We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
We Cannot Be Silent was written by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. who serves as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary – the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world.
We Cannot Be Silent is a book that specifically addresses Sex and how it has been redefined in our Read More…
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The Epistle of James: Proven Character Through Testing was written by Zane C. Hodges. Hodges taught New Testament Greek and exegesis at Dallas Theological Seminary for over 27 years. Zane C. Hodges went on to glory on November 23rd, 2008.
In Hodge’s commentary of James, he addresses many Read More…
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What do you think of when someone asks, what were his or her last words? or Did he or she have any last words? Often times people may say, they love you or take care of the family or some sort of goodbye that gives the person a chance to have one of his or her final wishes carried out after they are gone. Then their are a lot of Read More…
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The story of Israel crossing the Red Sea is one that still amazes me. It is hard for me to imagine living during this era in our history because here in America we have become so dependent on the advances of technology that it can be difficult to imagine a world without it.
Moses and Aaron go to free the people of Read More…
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The entire biblical storyline from Genesis to Revelation reveals Jesus from beginning to end. According to Vaughan Roberts, “In the Old Testament God points forward to him [Jesus] and promises his coming in the future. In the New Testament God proclaims him to be the one who fulfills all those promises” (Roberts 18). In addition Roberts in his book God’s Big Picture, there are eight main sections of the Read More…
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Below is an essay I wrote on John Chrysostom in 2014 when I was in school at California Baptist University. My main research is based off a book by Andrew Purves, Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition. As I read through my essay again, I found it to be of great inspiration and Read More…
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The Gospel of Matthew begins with a genealogy of Jesus, along with His birth and baptism. After his baptism, Jesus goes on a forty day fast. Then in chapter four, verse two, it states that Jesus was hungry after forty days of not eating. I think this would be obvious to anyone that Read More…
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Jonah is commanded by God to go to the city of Nineveh and tell them to repent from all their wickedness. Jonah decided that Nineveh was so wicked that God should destroy them. He knew that Read More…
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