Here’s a note I just sent to my students at Bethany University. I hope it blesses you as well!
Hi Students,
I’m having a very good quiet/devotional time this morning and one of the chapters I’ve just read was Ps. 17. I was praying this in the first-person over me, Maureen and over you and [...]
Archive for February, 2009
An Encouraging Word For You
Posted in Biblical Studies on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Never Underestimate the Power of Deception!
Posted in Biblical Studies on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Beloved,
Never underestimate the power of deception!
This is a phrase I began to use in my pulpit ministry years ago: we can easily deceive ourselves through willful sin and hardness of heart (James 1:13-16; Heb. 3:12); we can be deceived by others (Mt. 24:4, 24) and we can certainly be deceived by Satan, who disguises [...]
Human Trafficking
Posted in Biblical Studies, Public Policy on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maureen and I saw “Taken” last night — a movie about human trafficking — specifically in the sex-slave trade. This foul, demonic trade — in the multiplied billions of dollars — must be stopped. We are responsible to demand that politicians put law enforcement on this trade here in the U.S. and heavy sanctions and [...]
Three More of the Most Significant Hebrew Words in the Old Testament
Posted in Biblical Studies, Theology on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Moses, desperate to be with God and crying out for His presence (Ex. 33:13-18) received this self-description of God when He visited Moses (Ex. 34:6; cf. Ps. 103:8): “The LORD is compassionate and gracious; slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.”
Here is the overwhelming significance of this verse: “LORD” is the personal, active, [...]
