“When I fall, I shall rise.” This is the story of America, right? It is, or at least the idea is, a mantra of the American people. Pick yourself up. If you fall down, get back up. We love movies of heroes who live this out. People who dust themselves off and get “back in [...]
Archive for the ‘bible reading’ Category
when I fall, I shall rise
Posted in bible reading, christ, gospel, grace on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
faith and boasting
Posted in bible reading, christian community, christianity, Faith, gospel, grace on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am attempting (slowly) to follow Dr. Black’s lead in reading (slowly) Romans in its entirety in Greek. And while I’m not joking about it being slow going, the slow going has been good to slow my mind down to make me spend time thinking about what I’m reading. So let me offer up one thought from Romans 3:21-31. God [...]
carried along
Posted in bible reading, david black, greek on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been greatly encouraged in the last couple of days by the words of Hebrews 6:1-3, and much in part because of what I recently learned from my Greek professor, David Black. Now, a side note is important here: I probably barely know enough Greek to be dangerous with it, so remember what LaVar Burton used [...]
cleaning the inside of the cup
Posted in bible reading on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Jesus has seven “Woe’s” that he pronounces on the religious leaders of his day recorded in Matthew 23:13-36. It’s easy for me to read these on cruise control, smugly thinking to myself that I’m glad I’m not like those Pharisees. Only, after further inspection, the comparison isn’t as far-fetched as I’d like it to be. [...]
be a Caleb
Posted in bible reading on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I read Numbers 13-14 this morning and wanted to say a quick thanks to some people out there. I’ve had a handful of people in my life be Caleb to me. Like Caleb, who was among the spies to go check out the Promised Land and then urged the people to follow God faithfully in [...]
applying Romans 1:18-32
Posted in bible reading, gospel, jonathan edwards, movies, romans on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things that is easy for me not to do while reading through the Bible (as opposed to studying smaller passages) is think through ways of applying the scripture to my life. If I’m honest, there have been several days when I’ve closed my Bible and went on without letting it engage my [...]
not checking off the Bible in 2009
Posted in bible reading, resolution on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As has been my custom for the past several years I am embarking on a quest to read through the entire Bible in this calendar year. After a successful 2005 I vowed to continue to practice this discipline yearly, the goal being to do so as long as I walk the earth. A pretty intense [...]
