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For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory Forever. Amen.

12, Jul 2010

In Matthew 6:13, the words above are not contained in some early copies of the Bible.  How are we to understand this?  What does this mean for us?  Here is an attempt to look at the issue Biblically. Matthew 6:13 is treated differently by different Bibles: Some translations include the longer prayer without brackets Some [...]

Rembrandt and Biblical History

14, Jun 2010

I just came across this quote and I found it to be quite thought provoking. I thought others might find it thought provoking as well. It’s a quote by John Sailhamer in “The Meaning of the Pentateuch” on page 104. The ability to fill out the biblical picture is at the heart of the problem. [...]

Double Honor

20, Oct 2009

New American Commentary writes: The commendation Paul directed for the dutiful elder was “double honor.” The term “honor” does not refer merely to an honorarium, but the failure to give proper pay would imply a lack of honor. The idea of “double” may refer to the double portion the oldest in the family received (Deut [...]

Submission to God

11, Oct 2009

Bibliotheca sacra 140 no 558 Ap-Je 1983, p 117-133.  writes: The phrase “take up his cross” is a figure of speech derived from the Roman custom requiring a man convicted of rebellion against Rome’s sovereign rule to carry the cross-beam (patibulum) to his place of execution. Thus the proper starting point is the historical basis [...]

Highest Regard

5, Oct 2009

Ron Hutchcraft writes: It hurts to make something special for someone you love – and then to give it and have it go unnoticed and unappreciated. God knows that feeling. There’s not a day that goes by that He doesn’t give us special gifts from His hand. As James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect [...]

Deliver and Rescue

28, Sep 2009

God is worthy of praise! For, He is a God who goes ahead of us in battle and brings future blessing. God is the One who will deliver us and rescue us. The intensity of the Psalmist leads him to declare that he will sing a new song to the Lord. NIDOTTE writes: Mention is [...]

Systematic Theology

21, Sep 2009

I found the following quote to be quite interesting. D. A. Carson writes in his book, “Unity and Diversity in the New Testament” on pp. 81-82. I am not saying that the Bible is like a jigsaw puzzle of five thousand pieces and that all the five thousand pieces are provided, so that with time [...]

Jesus, Lord of Creation

21, Sep 2009

Throughout scripture, we see that Jesus Christ is the master of creation.  We see that He can make the moveable waters firm as a firmament that one could walk on it.  Jesus teaches about the faith to take an unmoveable mountain and throw it into the sea.  This passage today reflects on how even the [...]

Music and Theology

16, Sep 2009

Read: Colossians 3:15-17 What is the relationship between music and theology in this passage? How is teaching and singing an expression of God’s Word dwelling within us? What does this have to do with our function as a member of the body?

The Power of Music

16, Sep 2009

More things to think about in our worship. Have a read and comments below! [theworshipcommunity]


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