Discipleship

Ryan Corcoran on December 29th, 2010

Too many verses to list. See the F. LaGard Smith Daily Bible for the full list. Ryan: Though yesterday began our foray into the book of Proverbs, today we begin going through the individual proverbs themselves, organized by F. LaGard Smith into a topical arrangement. Today’s topics are the Fear of the Lord, Trust in [...]

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Continue reading about Day 137: Honey & Folly

Ryan Corcoran on June 28th, 2010

A few months back, the Christian Chronicle featured an editorial entitled, “Will Facebook kill the church?”. As a member of the church myself, I felt that the author of the article did not really grasp what the “church” really is and should be. I wrote a letter to the editor in rebuttal to the article, [...]

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Ryan Corcoran on May 10th, 2010

Psalm 45, Psalm 47-48, Psalm 87, Psalm 110, Psalm 72:20 Ryan: “This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.” (Psalm 72:20). I found this verse to be absurd in its existence. What would have been more accurate perhaps, is “This concludes the written prayers of David son of Jesse.” The “psalter” includes at least 73 [...]

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Continue reading about Day 130: Clap your hands together, all ye people!

Ryan Corcoran on May 5th, 2010

Psalm 139, Psalm 145, Psalm 148, Psalm 150 Ryan: What beautiful music we read in our daily Bible reading today! Between the hymn that Samantha is writing about (below), the instrumental praise band in Psalm 150, and the countless contemporary Christian songs that use Psalm 139 as source material, we have enough music to bring [...]

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Continue reading about Day 125: Let them praises give Jehovah

Ryan Corcoran on May 1st, 2010

Psalm 75, Psalm 93-94, Psalm 97-100 Ryan: There are some parts of the body of Christ that believe that worship of the Lord God Almighty can only include a cappella music. I can understand a congregation’s desire to “play it safe” by using a cappella music, arguing that there are no examples of instrumental music being used [...]

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Continue reading about Day 121: Shout to the LORD

Ryan Corcoran on April 29th, 2010

Psalm 8-9, Psalm 16, Psalm 19, Psalm 21, Psalm 24 Ryan: The atheist humanist movement that is quickly grabbing the industrialized societies by the throat is very appealing on the outside. The theory goes, as long as you’re nice to people, and you’re generally a “good person,” then that’s all that really matters. As long [...]

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Continue reading about Day 119: “How majestic is your name”

Ryan Corcoran on April 26th, 2010

Psalm 1, Psalm 14-15, Psalm 36-37, Psalm 39 Ryan: One thing you definitely don’t read in the psalms (at least we haven’t yet) is how those who are righteous are those who do their offerings and sacrifices regularly and orderly, those who worship at the temple every Sabbath, or those who make every effort to [...]

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Continue reading about Day 116: Each man is but a breath