I’ve been a Christian for 47 years. In that amount of time I’ve had several “Aha!” moments, which I like to call “hermeneutical epiphanies“. I’ve written about some of those in previous posts. One passage that particularly sticks in my mind from years past is Psalm 32:1-2, as quoted by the apostle Paul in the [...]
Posted on May 31st, 2009 by Bob Mathews
Filed under: Faith, Forgiveness, Growth, Humility, Security | 2 Comments »
I don’t know what sort of opposition you face from skeptics on a daily basis. Such opposition is certainly real though. You’ll hear about the numerous “contradictions” in the Bible. Among these alleged discrepancies are what believers tend to chalk up as “scribal errors” because they can’t seem to explain them any other way. The [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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There you are, near the end of the worship service, when the congregation stands to sing the invitation song. Someone walks down the aisle to respond to the Gospel. What’s your response?
I know we all respond differently, and no doubt we may even respond differently in this situation compared to how we responded the last [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
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Jesus, name above all names;
Beautiful Savior, glorious Lord.
Emmanuel, God is with us;
Blessed Redeemer, Living Word.
song “Jesus, Name Above All Names”, by Nadia Hearn
© Copyright 1974 by Scripture in Song
Such a simple song, yet such a great feeling of humble devotion. How do you feel when you say the name of Jesus? Humble? Reverent? Unworthy? Thankful? [...]
Posted on May 24th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
Filed under: Devotion, Jesus, New Testament, Praise | 2 Comments »
Today, many have the idea of relative truth; what is true for you may not be true for me and vice versa. The God of the Bible is totally different in His view of truth.
An important aspect of God is perfection (Matthew 5:48). This concept is an impossible attainment for any human. We all make mistakes [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 by trp
Filed under: Authority of Scripture, Christian life, Faith, Obedience, Salvation | 2 Comments »
A post yesterday on the Christian PF blog got me thinking about a fairly common practice. Let me ask you this: When someone offers to do something nice for you or to give you something, what’s your first response? If you’re out to dinner with a friend, and she picks up the check, do you [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
Filed under: Humility, Obedience, Society, Stewardship | 2 Comments »
I thought I had heard just about everything! I was truly amazed when we, as a country, began to debate same-sex marriage. I could not believe that a country founded on Christian principles (and we were) could ever sink so low as to even think about marriage being anything but one man and one woman. [...]
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by doc
Filed under: "In" not "of", Authority of Scripture, Obedience, Society | 2 Comments »
I am certain that you are interested in the Biblical answer to that question, or you probably would not be reading this article. This is the question asked of the Apostle Peter after the first Gospel sermon (Acts 2:37). Before we start the answer, let us look at a little background.
First of all, you have [...]
Posted on May 9th, 2009 by doc
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That’s the headline from an article in today’s USA Today. Now I’m certainly not an advocate of frivolous lawsuits, but I don’t believe this one to be frivolous. I’m glad someone is standing up and speaking out against those who teach the Bible story of creation to be nonsense.
Never mind the fact that it takes [...]
Posted on May 6th, 2009 by Bob Mathews
Filed under: Creationism, Evolution, Faith | No Comments »
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And [...]
Posted on May 3rd, 2009 by Bob Mathews
Filed under: Jesus, New Testament, Word study | 1 Comment »
