Emotions as Gauge and Not Guide
We need to understand our emotions and control them, using them as a gauge and not a guide. They can offer an understanding of how we are feeling and how to process what is going on in our lives, but they cannot be used to drive our actions.
Advent Readings 2023
Advent Reading Calendar for 2023, read one chapter of Luke each eday from 1-24 December
Book Review: The Death of Omnipotence and the Birth of Amipotence by Thomas Jay Oord
Is omnipotence biblical? See what theologian Oord has to say in a review of his newest book.
Proud or Confident: do both lead to the fall?
A healthy confidence or pride… what the Bible says the antidote to pride is.
Give thanks to god for his promises
Give thanks to God for his promises. 30 days of prayer prompts and verses.
Studying the Psalms: Wisdom
The books of wisdom in the Bible are those that address the big questions of life, for example good vs. evil, or the righteous vs. the foolish, and so on. They also exhort us to follow the law of the Lord. The style of the wisdom is not instructional, but more reflective and meditational.
Living in the present when everything seems to be in the future
The last few months have been a push and then wait kind of time. Here I am, in the present and content to let the incomplete be incomplete. I am content to trust him and I know God’s got this.
Book Review: The Lord Bless You and Keep You by Michael J. Glodo
Overall, this book is an excellent resource, full of Bible references which support the view of the author regarding the Aaronic Blessing.
Longing, glorify god in it
Our longings can glorify God or they can draw us into sin. Being your longings to Him and he will be glorified. He fulfills our greatest longing.
Studying the Psalms: Thanksgiving
Psalms of thanks are perhaps the most spontaneous that we produce in our own lives. What do they look like in the Bible?
Present – Cosmology seems to agree with Christianity
Looking outside my personal experience of the word ‘present’, we checked the Bible and now we can check physical science - relativity and cosmology.
Book Review- Ephesians: Head Held High
Overall, this study surprised me. I think it would be best as a group study, but it is fine as an individual one. 4/5 stars
God has feelings and desires
God is love and in his infinite love, he created us in his image. Part of that is to live with emotion and God experiences emotion along with us.
Studying the Psalms: Praise
Let us praise God, a look at the types of psalms
The psalms of praise remind us of how worthy God is of all praise and honor and glory.