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Using online Bible tools
One of my favorite “go-to” sites for quickly accessing translations is BibleGateway. They also have apps for your smartphone. I like it on my computer because when I need a quick reference to view a verse in several different translations, this site is the easiest for me. I can type in the reference and go to it, then add parallel…
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Studying the Bible
The LIFE Group I lead will begin different methods of studying the Bible based on Rick Warren’s book. The form for the Devotional Study Method is HERE. We will be walking through different approaches and forms to studying the Bible. Join us in the journey!
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Deeper in the Word in 2014
As we aim toward a New Year, we always have that daunting task of “resolutions.” One of the great goals we should always have in mind is how we can deepen our walk with God. For me, the question is always centered around prayer and the Scriptures. How can I best center my life in those two areas? Those two…
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How’s your forehead look?
Translation fun. The literal use of a word, which the ESV uses in Jeremiah 3:3 is, um, not helpful. Here is a comparison at Biblegateway. Strengths and weaknesses of translations are a key reason I like having so much available either online (like Biblegateway) or digitally (like Olive Tree or Logos). Just watch out for your forehead!
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What happens when we pray?
What do we EXPECT to happen? One of my favorite prayer heroes was always in a spiritual fight. The Lord invited him to pray and stuff happened. The Lord would ask him to pray for places he had never heard of, so he would fast and pray until breakthrough came, often resulting in spiritual warfare that would sometimes feel like…
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A Love for the Word of God
Loving the Bible seems a bit out of vogue these days, even among evangelicals. The word that is used to kind of slam that idea of loving the Bible so much, i believe, is biblicist. So be it. I LOVE the Word of God found in the Bible. I love the written Word because it leads me to the living Word, but I…
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Bible readers
The past few years I have used digital Bibles more and more. I have Logos and also use Olive Tree. Logos is fabulous for study. But I drift more toward Olive Tree. I can use Olive Tree across all platforms easily. Logos is good for that as well. Where Olive Tree works better for me is keeping notes. Olive Tree…
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Praying for an Increase in Capacity for the Kingdom of God
2 Chron. 29:18-19 I have been challenged to pray for an INCREASE in capacity for the Kingdom of God. I am asking for my own life to be expanded so I can be more effective in my leadership as a pastor. There are so many things the Lord has given me in dreams for what is ahead, I know I…
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Justified Through Faith
Attention all Greek scholars! Figure this one out for me! Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (Rom. 5:1, NIV) Therefore, since we have been made righteous through his faithfulness combined with our faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 5:1, CEB) Therefore, since we have been declared righteous…
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When This World Fails
Revelation 18 is an interesting picture. Babylon… the world’s system… that which so many have put their hope in for so long… has fallen. It has been exposed for the corruption at its core. It has been exposed as inadequate, to say the least. The Kingdom of God is revealed as what is lasting and powerful. Yet, so many weep over the…
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