Witnessing
Advice and rebuke; Value of advisors; Discipline; Lawkeeping; Repentance; Righteousness and wickedness; Integrity and perversion; Appropriate consequences Ryan: There are simply too many good thoughts in these Proverbs to pick out just one to talk about (kinda like Lays Potato Chips), so I thought I’d talk about the Proverbs from a global perspective. As you [...]
1 Kings 8, 2 Chron. 5:2-14, 2 Chron. 6, 2 Chron. 7:1-10 Ryan: Today, I was struck by 2 Chronicles 6:32-33 where Solomon prays for the foreigners. In my own words, Solomon prays that as the foreigners pray to a god they do not believe in (the God of Israel), to grant them their prayers [...]
2 Samuel 12:18-23, 2 Sam. 12:26-31 (1 Chron. 20:1-3), 2 Sam. 8:2-8 (1 Chron. 18:3-8), 1 Chron. 18:12-13 (2 Sam. 8:13-14), 2 Sam. 8:9-12 (1 Chron. 18:9-11), 1 Chron. 11:10-47 (2 Sam. 23:8-39) Ryan: There is a great lesson to be learned from the manner in which David handled the death of his son. Sure, [...]
I caved and went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch in the student center today (ok, that was my confession for the day). As I approached the entryway I was stopped by a Japanese international student with a Bible. She politely asked if I had a few minutes and I obliged, intrigued by what she had to [...]
Exodus 32:1-34:16, 34:27-35 Ryan: We learned today, among other things, that when Moses was speaking with God, his face would become radiant. It was so radiant that the Israelites were afraid to look at him (34:29-30). We will also learn when we get to the second letter to the Corinthians that the radiance would also [...]
Ripe for the Harvest After leaving the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus’ disciples try to get him to eat something. To which, Jesus’ response is essentially, “I’ve got more important things to do than eat” (v. 34). He refocuses their attention to the work at hand by drawing parallels between food and saving people’s [...]
Ben Stein’s new movie explores what happens to people in the academic community when they question the validity of Darwin’s conclusions.
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