My wife likes to point out that the application of scripture is as important as the reading and understanding of it.I'm stopping my reading today with this chapter, but it does seem a perfect compliment to the three prior texts today. See if you can spot a few things to work on in your life… Continue reading 1 John 2 – Practical Applications of Today’s readings…
Category: Faith and Christianity
2 Corinthians 5 – Is this Good News?
I'll step out on a limb here. And argue that the best way to interpret scripture is to use scripture.Reading this chapter it seems to be perfect for helping to understand some of the text we saw earlier in Matthew 16. More specifically the aspects of Judgment, works and what it means to take up… Continue reading 2 Corinthians 5 – Is this Good News?
Exodus 19 – Actually the people knew what was going on….
This chapter leads into the great chapter on the 10 Commandments....we will see that tomorrow, if I get that far.I read today a quote from Mark Twain....Answering Bible skeptics, Mark Twain said:"If the Ten Commandments were not written by Moses, then they were written by another fellow of the same name."But before we get to that, just… Continue reading Exodus 19 – Actually the people knew what was going on….
Matthew 16 – Doctrine Matters….
The more I learn about the history of the church the more this chapter becomes more complex. It's probably not worth my time to try to outline all the doctrinal errors that potentially creep out of this text. I can sum them up with the simple statement that grabbing one of the verses and converting… Continue reading Matthew 16 – Doctrine Matters….
