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Clarification

June 15, 2010

My Bible study posts are a combination of what I believe the passage actually teaches and how it applies to my life specifically. However, I have not differentiated between the two types of journaling. Readers should be aware of this as they read my posts. My posts should not be considered expositions of Scripture, but [...]

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Psalm 119: 97-104

June 14, 2010

97. Oh how I love your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
98. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
99. I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
100. I understand more than the aged,
for I keep [...]

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Psalm 119: 89-96

June 13, 2010

89. Forever, O Lord, your word
is firmly fixed in the heavens.
90. Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
you have established the earth, and it stands fast.
91. By your appointment they stand this day,
for all things are your servants.
92. If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my [...]

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Psalm 119:81-88

April 5, 2010

81. My soul longs for your salvation;
I hope in your word.
82. My eyes long for your promise;
I ask, “When will you comfort me?”
83. For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
84. How long must your servant endure?
When will you judge those who persecute [...]

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An Absolutely Amazing Analogy

March 27, 2010

In Old Testament times, covenants were made in this way:

The two parties would cut an animal down the middle and lay the two halves down with a walkway between them.
The two parties would then walk between the two halves of the animal–showing their commitment and consent to be treated as the animal [...]

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God’s love: incarnation, initiation, propitiation

March 27, 2010

Notes from last Sunday’s sermon:
Have you merely gone from being a full-time pagan to a part-time dabbler in sin?
Your sin is so great that it took nothing less than the death of God’s Son to pay for it.
If you think that God is a loving grandfather and doesn’t really punish sin, here are some passages [...]

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Psalm 119:73-80

March 21, 2010

73. Your hands have made and fashioned me;
give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
74. Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,
because I have hoped in your word.
75. I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous,
and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76. Let your steadfast [...]

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Too small comforts?

March 12, 2010

Are the comforts of God too small for you, or the word that deals gently with you? -Job 15:11
Woe be to us if we consider God’s comforts too small.
Where else could we turn?
If we reject His comforts, there are none for us.

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deadness and salvation

March 11, 2010

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the [...]

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Psalm 119:65-72

March 8, 2010

65. You have dealt well with your servant,
O Lord, according to your word.
66. Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.
67. Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep your word.
68. You are good and do good;
teach me your statutes.
69. The insolent smear me with lies,
but with my whole heart [...]

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