Tag Archives: the Word of God

Let’s Be Old Fashioned

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Pete

Understanding. That’s the word for the morning. It’s the one that jumped off the page. The word that appears three times in the portion of Psalm 119 I was reading. Interesting though . . . unlike the ESV most often, … Continue reading →

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Turn My Feet to Your Testimonies

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Pete

It wasn’t that he listened to some bad advice. Instead, the new king Rehoboam shopped around until he found some counselors who told him what he wanted to hear. He looked for some outside confirmation of the folly he had … Continue reading →

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A Wide Place

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Pete

It’s the reaction of the old man which sees obedience as restrictive. Paul says that it’s the flesh’s natural reflex to balk at the commands of God. It’s the dynamic of the old heart which when it hears, “Do not … Continue reading →

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A Divine Partnership?

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Pete

To call it a “divine partnership” almost seems presumptuous. After all, what can a mortal man offer that an eternal God doesn’t already have? What yoking could there possibly be between the Almighty Creator and His dust of the earth … Continue reading →

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An Either / Or Thing

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Pete

I don’t recall hearing them as often. Those pithy sayings from the pulpit. Those succinct and powerful statements of divine truth that penetrate and literally stick with you throughout a lifetime. Perhaps it’s because I don’t get around as much … Continue reading →

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True Disciples

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Pete

Jesus looked at these new “believers” and determined to test their belief. They were yet to fully realize their deep, deep need to be born again, much less how that would be accomplished. They were yet to bear with Jesus … Continue reading →

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Stir It Up

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Pete

Peter knew his time on earth was drawing to an end. He knew he was on the homestretch . . . that he was in his final countdown. And rather than use his last days to take all that he … Continue reading →

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Where Does He Come Up With This Stuff?

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Pete

When Jesus spoke, people were blown away. From the beginnings of His public ministry, when He taught in the Capernaum synagogue on the Sabbath, those who heard Him “were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one who … Continue reading →

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Double Down

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Pete

I guess I could blame it on . . . ‘er, I mean attribute it to the Holy Spirit. Or, perhaps I just need to concede my mind can work in strange ways. But this morning, reading in Psalm 119, … Continue reading →

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One of These Things Is Not Like the Other . . . Or Is It?

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Pete

Been a lot of years since I’ve had occasion to watch Sesame Street (it’s still on, right?) But one of its segments came to mind as I was reading the nineteenth psalm this morning. Go figure . . . not … Continue reading →

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