Evangelism – Page 16

Morning Musing: Matthew 10:19-20

August 8, 2018August 7, 2018Leave a comment

“When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

This is a really encouraging verse, but an often misunderstood one. Jesus is promising to have our back when we put ourselves on the line for His sake and find ourselves in the hot seat because of it. He is not telling us that we can be lazy when it comes to preparing for the possibility that we might find ourselves there. Read the rest…

Digging in Deeper: Judges 2:10

August 1, 2018July 27, 2018Leave a comment

“And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

The most important verse in all of the Old Testament as far as Judaism is concerned is Deuteronomy 6:4. It is called the Shema, the Hebrew command “listen,” because that’s the first word. It goes like this: Read the rest…

Morning Musings: Judges 12:7

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018Leave a comment

“Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Most of the Judges receive some kind of a summary statement that the people sought the Lord for the extent of their leadership and then turned away from Him afterwards. Jephthah just gets this note that he died and was buried in Gilead. This is a reflection of the continued decline in the spiritual state of the people. They cry out to God for help, but don’t even both to turn to Him when He answers. They are reaching a dangerously low point. I think there are a couple of reasons for this. Read the rest…

Digging in Deeper: 2 Corinthians 2:14

June 22, 2018June 20, 2018Leave a comment

“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

We recently purchased a new house–our first. We are pretty excited about it still. Before we could move in, there was quite a bit of work to do including taming the jungle the previous couple of owners had allowed to grow up in the backyard. With some excellent and most appreciated help from several of the men in our church, we got that and whole lot of other work finished. Read the rest…

Digging in Deeper: John 10:41

June 15, 2018June 6, 2018Leave a comment

“And many came to him. And they said, ‘John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.'” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Do you want to be great? Most of us yearn for that. I heard about another pastor a few weeks ago who does a blog too. He has 200,000 followers. My carnal first thought was, “I want 250,000.” That’s inside of all of us. We want greatness. We want to be not just recognized, but recognized more than everybody else for what we have done. Our culture encourages this too. Our heroes are not great statesmen and scientists and public servants anymore. Our heroes are sports stars and movie stars and social media stars. It’s a great rat race whose catch is that there isn’t any cheese waiting at the end of the path. Read the rest…