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 I never cease to be amazed at how God teaches me and convicts me through my kids. This is another one of those stories.
Here’s the background on the situation. These days I find myself struggling through some pain. Late last year, I woke up one morning with some lower back pain. Within a couple of weeks, that pain had spread into my leg and hip. I went to a chiropractor a couple of times, and it seemed to be getting a little better. Then, over the Christmas vacation, including a trip in a mini-van to and from North Carolina, the
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 This is the prayer my two year old says every night before he goes to be. It’s actually kind of a second prayer as his bedtime prayer usually goes something like:
Thank you Jesus for this day. Amen. You Rock. Amen.
I don’t specifically remember teaching it to him. I may have at some point, but he has adopted it as his standard way of ending prayers. And, when he says it, it is always with a smile and a giggle. “You Rock, Amen!” We were saying prayers last night, I was struck by how simple and profound those three words are!
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 When I started the “Questions Kids Ask” series a couple of weeks ago with the question, Who made God?, I didn’t realize how popular that post would become. Indeed, in less than two weeks, it has become the most popular post ever on my blog. It has also sparked some interesting discussion including one commenter who asked, “So what made him up and decide to create the planets and life?” I don’t know how old this person is, but the question seems like a logical follow-up question in the “Questions Kids Ask” series, so I thought I would deal with
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One thing I have learned, both as a Dad and as a volunteer in Children’s Ministry, is that kids ask some of the deepest and most profound theological questions. In the answers, they are not looking for a demonstration of your profound knowledge but a clear, concise and satisfying response to their inquiry. The purpose of this series of blog posts titled “Questions Kids Ask” is to answer some of the questions I have received both from my own kids and from the kids I work with at church. Although I always try to answer every question in as scripturally
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On July 8, 1741, Jonathan Edwards preached his most famous sermon ever at Enfield, Connecticut. That sermon was based on Deuteronomy 32:35:
“Their foot shall slide in due time.”
In a day and age when one wells known preacher refuses to talk about hell because he doesn’t want to offend people, Edwards’ sermon seems particularly relevant. As you read the sermon, replete with wonderfully written prose and the conviction of the Word of God, you can feel Edwards’ love for the people he was preaching to. You sense that he is, with a great deal of urgency, pleading with his audience to embrace
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 Michelangelo's Finger of God
In the beginning…God. The first four words of the Bible sum up the rest of divine revelation. In the beginning, God created. In the end, God recreates. In the middle, God redeems and God saves. The Bible is a book about God. It is a book about how he created man who rebelled against him, and how God in his infinite grace and mercy sent his son to redeem and justify man so that they may be reconciled to him.
Much has been written about Genesis 1:1, and I have included excerpts from some better know commentaries below.
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Some words about God from Psalm 18:
God is:
My God (v. 2, 6, 21, 28)
My Strength (v. 1)
My Rock (v. 2, 31, 46)
My Fortress (v. 2)
My Deliverer (v. 2)
My Shield (v. 2)
The Horn of My Salvation (v. 2)
My Stronghold (v. 2)
Worthy to be praised (v. 3)
The Most High (v. 13)
My Support (v. 18)
A shield for all those who take refuge in him (v. 30)
The God of My Salvation (v. 46)
God does:
Saves us (v. 3)
Hears us (v. 6)
Takes us (v. 16)
Draws us out of many waters (v. 16)
Rescues us from enemies and those who hate us (v. 17, 19, 48)
Supports us (v.
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The English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible renders Isaiah 52:6 as follows:
Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here am I.
However, it was while I was reading the New English Translation (NET) of the Bible and keeping track of the different ways that God is referred to that this verse really jumped off the page at me. That translation renders it:
For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, ‘Here I
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Originally posted July 28, 2008 on Facebook
So, I was reading Proverbs the other day, and I came accross Proverbs 6:16-19. It says
16 There are six things that the LORD hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
19 a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.
These aren’t things that just bother God – he HATES them! How hard should we try to avoid those things God hates?
Haughty eyes – Resolve to avoid the pride that convinces
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