Monthly Archives: October 2018

Wednesday, October 31                    David has a mind set that was different than every one around him.  Obviously, he had a number of aberrations, including his affair with Bathsheba.  But he definitely … Continue reading →

Tuesday, October 30                          Omnimoral There’s nothing wrong with power.  God is all powerful.  Most people have no trouble accepting that because it’s also coupled with morality.  Most of us have not spent a lot of time considering what life would … Continue reading →

Monday, October 29                     God did not commission us to save sinners.  My cousin, Dean, wrote a tract decades ago about this.  He wrote the tract to try to correct a … Continue reading →

Sunday, October 28                               A.W. Tozer.  “Salvation was bought not by Jesus’ fist, but by His nail-pierced hands . . . not by force but by … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 27                       Pentecost is a very special day for Christians.  It literally means “fiftieth,” signifying the fiftieth day after Christ’s resurrection.  But it was a special day for … Continue reading →

Friday, October 26           Pastor Russ Hilsinger (Grace Baptist Church, Dallas, OR), used the analogy of a submarine to illustrate the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  The inside pressure of the submarine counteracts the ocean pressure—even … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 25                          Lions were plentiful in Israel in O.T. times, and were still around in N.T. times.  Peter’s analogy of a roaring lion in 1 Pet. 5:8-9 … Continue reading →

Wednesday, October 24                Music has been a part of human culture almost from the beginning.  The harp and the flute are mentioned in Gen. 4:21, not too long after creation.  They probably had … Continue reading →

Tuesday, October 23                 If you’re contemplating buying a new car, you will not go to a car dealer to hear a salesman talk, you will go to see the car.  That’s the … Continue reading →

Monday, October 22                    A.W. Tozer.  “One hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other.”  What a beautiful analogy.  It pictures our becoming like Christ.  As … Continue reading →

Sunday, October 21                          So I don’t need to try to hide my sins, nor do I need to fear eternal punishment.  But I still have sin in my … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 20                 David’s flight to escape Absalom (2 Sam. 15:13-37) is a mixture of emotions and events.  David must have been aware of Absalom’s conspiracy to usurp the throne, yet offered … Continue reading →

Friday, October 19                         Televangelist Adrian Rogers made an excellent point in a recent sermon.  He said that we are all Jehovah’s witnesses.   Jesus, the Messiah, is the Jehovah … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 18                       Just before the Israelites conquered Jericho while they were still on the east side of the Jordan River, the tribes of Reuben and Gad petitioned Moses … Continue reading →

  Wednesday, October 17                               We don’t hear much about meekness any more.  Maybe that’s because we don’t see much of it any more.  Meekness has … Continue reading →

Tuesday, October 16                     Paul addresses various groups in the Ephesian church in Eph. 5:22-6:9, wives and husbands, children, fathers, and slaves and slave owners.  Addressing children was unusual.  I don’t … Continue reading →

 Monday, October 15                     A.W. Tozer “One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organization do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football … Continue reading →

Sunday, October 14                     I’ve always been captivated by paradoxes.  My emotions vacillate between fascination and frustration.  There a lot of paradoxes in the Bible; the trinity and the dual nature … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 13               David Jeremiah.  “God sees everything at once.  We see through a crack in the wall.”  Not only do we see a very small amount of what God sees, we also … Continue reading →

Friday, October 12                             David Jeremiah.  When we don’t know is when we have to hang on to what we do know.  We just experienced this.  We … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 11                       Back to Absalom.  2 Sam. 15.  Absalom spent at least four years to “steal the hearts of the people of Israel.”  I was amazed that Absalom … Continue reading →

Wednesday, October 10                It’s really quiet in our house today.  The last several days have been full of family, fun, and fellowship.  It was high lighted by seeing our ninth great-grandchild, Jackson Tobie, … Continue reading →

Tuesday, October 9                           Some things never change.  God never changes; we can be thankful for that.  Satan never changes; we have to tolerate that for a little … Continue reading →

Monday, October 8                               James 5:16b (KJV) is. one of my favorite Biblical statements.  It summarizes the rationale for praying in a few choice words.  “The … Continue reading →

Sunday, October 7                A recent study of James 5:13-16 led to a few problems of interpretation.  James, Jesus’ half brother, was the chief elder in the early Jerusalem church when he wrote the … Continue reading →

Saturday, October 6                      Moving Without Moving Another bon mot by David Jeremiah.  “When we pray, God doesn’t move in our direction: we move in his direction.”  We tend to think that our prayers move God to take action.  I don’t … Continue reading →

Friday. October 5                         The first two human beings born into the human race are a microcosm of all the descendants of Adam and Eve.  I’ve heard a number … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 4                            We all like the easy life.  Our homes reflect that—recliners, air conditioning, et al.  Most people work hard to get all those good things, … Continue reading →

Wednesday, October 3               I wanted to add two things to yesterday’s blog, but it was getting too long.  So here it is.  First, submission is not just for wives or women in general.  … Continue reading →

Tuesday, October 2                         Marital problems have always existed, but they are more prevalent and more violent in recent years, many of them now terminated by murder.  If you … Continue reading →

Monday, October 1                     I was intrigued by a statement by David Jeremiah.  “God can’t learn anything; there is nothing he doesn’t know.”  For most of us, this is nothing new, … Continue reading →