Gleaning #4: Be Not Hard of Heart!

When it comes to the hard of heart, my previous Bible study had left me with the impression that this was relegated to the example of Pharaoh’s heart, and the Lord’s sovereign dealing within it (roughly throughout Exodus 4-14).  It was this example that Paul plucked from Exodus to make his point concerning the effectiveness, [...]

Gleaning #3: The Bible’s Theology of the Heart

While American marketing and the larger pop culture advertises the human heart as the seat of foolish, comedic and temporary lust (culturally synonymous with love), the Bible reveals a more comprehensive understanding.  The heart, while remaining tied to the affections, is the seat of the person’s thought life, his or her inner life, the character, [...]

Gleaning #2: A Sermon of Power and Passion by Matt Click

The sermon provided here is one that both believer and unbeliever would do well to give 50 minutes to.  The believer will find himself encouraged, while the unbeliever, who, perhaps, has many curiosities about Christianity, will find himself amidst the wonder of God’s grace to His children, and the hope that we as Christians have [...]

A Series of Gleanings

You must pardon me for my absence, but in God’s providence, life has gently swallowed me up – but not without many wonderful wanderings through the land of the Bible, and in that pilgrimage, a great many gleanings from its eternal richness.  I don’t know particularly how many gleanings there will be jotted upon this [...]

Give Thanks In All Circumstances

Really?  This is what Paul writes to the church at Thessalonica in his first letter (5:18).  It is part of a rather incredible triad of amazing “really?” verses.  ”Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”  So, yes, really!
This morning as [...]

Paul and the Grace of Christ

I was reading in Numbers 35 this morning and fell upon an interesting passage.  In the middle of this text describing the cities of refuge and the different rules for dealing with intentional and unintentional murderers, Moses writes, “Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, [...]