We cannot treat the Bible as a collection of therapeutic insights. To do so distorts its message and will not lead to lasting change. If a system could give us what we need, Jesus would never have come. But he came because what was wrong with us could not be fixed any other way. He …
Author: Steve
I love to study the Bible and I love to engage with others in learning. I had been privileged to do this on a regular basis through church ministry and through part-time teaching at a local Bible colleges.
Helping individuals learn to feed themselves through their own study of God’s Word is joy-giving to me. Influencing groups to do life and church from a biblically grounded, theologically faithful perspective is my passion.
Unity–a follow up
I posted a quote on “unity” yesterday. KF posted a comment question that I think is not only worth engaging with, but to create another post from. So…since the evidence of pianos being in tune is the lack of dissonance (that peculiar sound harmonic that waves over the listener able to be heard by even …
Unity
Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away …
All to Us
We sang this song during our staff prayer focus today. Thanks Phil.
Prayer: Keep me
This is the first in an occasional series seeking to learn from the prayers of others. I hope to include prayers from church fathers, puritans, reformers, contemporary theologians and pastors. I will also periodically include key prayers from Scripture. This first prayer is one I have prayed for many years. I don’t remember where I …
All of the Commands in Colossians
This is a list of all the imperatives (commands) in the book of Colossians, since many will get lost in the details, I’m providing a summary first. A summary of the imperatives in Colossians 3 and 4 Be far sighted Be pure Be considerate (compassionate) Be loving Be thankful Be Christ controlled Be other centered …
Colossians 4:7-18 Small Group Questions
The conclusion to the study of Colossians. Many times when individual study New Testament epistles they skip the introduction and conclusion “since they are not as important.” But there are many wonderful nuggets of truth in both the epistolary introductions and conclusions. There are 12 individual names plus three groups listed in the conclusion of …