bible literacy

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  in-betweens are places, too

  authentic christianity, bible literacy, i am bibledude, READ 8 comments

  I stalked him shamelessly. I hounded him, followed his scent, tracked his every move. I kept close on his tail, and I wasn’t even discreet about it. In the process, I learned so much. Tracking Jesus was a fun and wonderful way to know him better. I printed out the [...]

   
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  psalm 19 [conclusion]

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  So, what about us?  Are we able to declare (now, today, at this time) that same declaration of overwhelming trust?  Do we truly believe that God holds the very threads of creation in his hands? Do we live as if the law of the Lord was perfect, pure, and priceless?  [...]

   
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  the bibledude community commentary series: philippians

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  Some of my favorite conversations about the Bible happen when a bunch of people are sitting around the living room, with some on the couch while others stretch out on the floor. We talk about real life. What it really means to live out whatever passage it is that we’re [...]

   
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  psalm 19:14 [the declaration]

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  Now, let us again ask the questions that we began with. These questions were… So how does David get to this point of overwhelming trust in God in his declaration, “O LORD, my rock and my redeemer”? And how does he make such a confession of trust and in such [...]

   
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  book review: eat this book [a conversation in the art of spiritual reading]

  bible literacy, book reviews, READ, the unlikely missionary, worldviews 3 comments

  Every once in a while I come across something that drastically alters my thinking. And I love it, because I hate being stagnant, believing that I’ve got it all figured out. I’ve heard somewhere that the moment we stop growing is the same moment that we start dying (the Dan [...]

   
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  psalm 19:12-14 [personal prayer]

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  The final three verses are much more personal than the preceding eleven verses.  They are more in the form of prayers than they are declarations about creation or the law of God. In verses twelve and thirteen the psalmist prays for forgiveness of his sins.  He asks for forgiveness from [...]

   
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  psalm 19:7-11 [the law]

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  David describes many attributes of the law.  Many of these attributes are accompanied by a description of what benefit the law has to the one who obeys and follows the words of the Lord.  In verse seven we read that the law is perfect. When I was in high school [...]