Ask, Seek, Knock [from the Archives]

Sometimes the old things come back to teach us again. This is a message I really think I need to share again with you all. It is a repost from 2009, in my early blog days. Enjoy. Greetings, Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it [...]

Prayer Vs. Bible Reading: Which is Better?

Prayer is a beautiful, amazing, powerful thing. God’s Word is an even more beautiful, amazing, powerful thing. Or is it the other way around? Or… does it make any sense either way? I don’t think it does. I often hear people extolling one or other of these glorious things over the other one, and although [...]

Mastering the Art of Singletasking

Multitasking is a common buzzword right now. And it is both decried as having a viciant and virulent effect on our capability to function with facility, and as being the prime panacea of production. Which is right? Well, honestly, I don’t think either are right. I think multitasking has its place, and I think it [...]

Oh God

“Oh god that’s so funny!” Phrases like this, using the words “oh god” in a light and jocular fashion, are commonly seen and heard in normal conversation and in media. “Oh god…” Phrases like this one, using these words as an expression of horror, shock, terror, or awe, are also commonly encountered, especially in movies. [...]

A Short Post on Compassion

I originally wrote this as an assignment for a Reformer’s Unanimous challenge. It is quite short, but I thought y’all might like something more quick and to the point for a change. 2 Chronicles 28:1-15 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he [...]

God Never Forgets

I recently posted the above title as a status on Facebook, and several people immediately proved that it was a controversial statement. Why? Because it is commonly believed that when God forgives our sins, He remembers them no more, thus forgetting them, meaning that He blots them from His knowledge. So if you ask for [...]

Rebellion and You

Image via Wikipedia What is rebellion? First, why do we care? That question is easily dealt with: 1 Samuel 15:23 For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king. Proverbs 17:11 An [...]

Go Kill Yourself

I really hate myself. I really do. I do stuff that is just plain evil. I seek after the wrong things. I do things that are utterly unpleasing to God. I am so far from God’s desire for me that it isn’t even funny. Every time I try to do right I don’t make it. [...]

Pity…

I actually noticed this by accident. Okay I lied. It was a miracle that I noticed this, and I am very grateful to God that He showed it to me. I was meditating on this Psalm, and was struck by the beauty of its promises and truths, but was also struck by the oddity of [...]

Your Turn!

Most of the time on this blog I sit here and talk and talk and talk, and you guys listen (sometimes, when you are being nice). Sometimes you even comment (in which case, as I have said before, you are awesome: most people don’t take the time to put the effort out)! This time will [...]