Knowing God – The Nexus

Digging in Deeper: Nahum 1:3

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020Leave a comment

“The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.”‬‬ (CSB – Read the chapter)

How well do you know who God is? That’s kind of a big question right out of the gate. Let’s back off from that one for a minute. Think of someone you’ve known for a long time. Maybe a sibling or spouse or parent or friend. How well do you really know them? Perhaps you know a whole variety of good things about them, but do you know any of the hard things? I would argue that until you know at least some of the hard things, you really don’t know someone as well as you think you do. The same goes with God.

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Morning Musing: Proverbs 2:6

August 20, 2019August 21, 2019Leave a comment

“For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”‬‬ (CSB – Read the chapter)

Are you wise? That may be too forward. Do you know someone who is wise? What makes them so? Perhaps it is a way she speaks. She just always has the words to say in every situation. It doesn’t matter what it is, she speaks rightly into it. Perhaps he always knows what to do. In every circumstance, he always seems to know which path forward will be the right one. Regardless of what exactly marks them out as wise, we want to be like people like this. How can we manage that?

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What Do You Know?

July 29, 2019July 25, 2019Leave a comment

This week as we continued in our series, Being Useful, we talked about the next quality on Peter’s list that will make us more useful to Jesus. Having faith and pursuing virtue are good, but they require something else of us to get them right. In this part we talk about with this other thing is.

What Do You Know?

Do you know where the annual U.S. sailboat show takes place? Any takers? Do you know who else didn’t know the answer to that question? James Holzhauer. Name ring a bell? He was the most recent super candidate on the long-running game show Jeopardy. He dazzled the country for just over a month as he went on a 32-game winning streak. Now, a streak like that would be impressive enough by itself, but that’s not what so captured the nation’s attention. Back in 2004, Ken Jennings went on a winning streak of 74 games and sits in second place for all-time Jeopardy earnings with just over $3.5 million. Yes, that’s only second place. No, what made Holzhauer such a fascinating contestant was his gutsy wagering. I’ve seen winning contestants on Jeopardy walk away with a few hundred dollars as their prize. Holzhauer’s biggest prize was a shade over $131,000. All for…knowing stuff.

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Digging in Deeper: 1 Corinthians 8:1-3

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017Leave a comment

“Now concerning food offered to idols; we know that ‘all of us possess knowledge.’ This ‘knowledge’ puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

You’ve perhaps heard the phrase, “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” The idea is that when we get just a little knowledge, the temptation is to think we have more than we actually do. When we try to act on that knowledge, if we are not willing to listen to those who have even more, we can quickly find ourselves in a tight spot. Read the rest…