Give Them the Bible
Here is a word of counsel for young men who have their eye on the ministry. If you take my advice, you will not make your sermons from random texts, but will preach straight through a book of the Bible. [...]
Except by Faith
I had been taught through the years the Bible and the gospel. But external teaching does not save. It may be fuel for the lamp of the Spirit, that is all. How does God speak then, and how do we [...]
Jesus and God’s Word
In a recent post I shared the importance of Jesus' statement, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4 [ESV], quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3). The Word [...]
My Words Will Not Pass Away
I'm continuing to look at the exciting book of I Thessalonians and what it says about God's Word, and now we are ready for chapter 2. "We had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God" [...]
Your Word is Like…
I was reading an email the other day from a minister that encourages preachers and teaches preaching styles. The author in a list of his essential books for preaching said about his second choice: "It is a repository of the [...]
Tools for the Worker
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth" (II Timothy 2:15 ESV). Every worker needs the right tools for the task at [...]
You and the Box
I want to take one further look at little words in the Bible. Prepositions are marvelous little words because they explain relationships with precision : comparison (like, as); direction (to, toward, through); location/place (in, at, by, on); possession (of); purpose [...]
Is every promise in the Book mine?
In our quest to enjoy the Bible, I have quoted the saying, "The Bible is not enjoyed because it is not understood" (E.W. Bullinger). And to understand the Bible we'll need to jettison some false concepts that have come to [...]
Don’t Lose What God Reveals To You
As you are reading your Bible at home you might see something about the words that strike you as interesting, or you are listening to a teaching and as you follow it in your Bible something catches your attention. This [...]
There’s more than one way to read your Bible
My previous two posts on enjoying the Bible can be summed up with these words, "You will never 'enjoy' the Bible if you read it as a discipline ('a verse a day keeps the devil away'); you will get excited [...]