Time for a little hopscotch through Ephesians… Grace and Peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:2). Grace comes first. Have you ever considered the causative relationship between the words grace and peace? The … Continue reading
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord (Psalm 150:6). Imagine that. Seriously Take a moment, before you embark on Friday, to imagine every living thing declaring its praise to God. Every man woman child animal bird … Continue reading
…praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals (Psalm 150:5). I’ve never found the clash of symbols to be particularly worshipful, but what do I know? OK, oddest worship memory… Many moons ago, I was part … Continue reading
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute… (Psalm 150:3-4) God is a music lover. Now there’s all kinds of … Continue reading
Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness (Psalm 150:2). Yesterday’s verse told us where to praise God–basically everywhere. This verse tells us why to praise God. He’s big. Really big And he does … Continue reading
I’m taking a little break from 1 Corinthians…feelin’ kinda Psalmy… Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens (Psalm 150:1). Some rather random musings on this verse… I praised God in church yesterday, so … Continue reading
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe–as the Lord assigned each to his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who … Continue reading
You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? (1 Corinthians 3:3) Mere men? That sounds like an insult. Because…yeah, it is. But I thought … Continue reading
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly–mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready (1 Corinthians 3:1-2). Ouch. I … Continue reading
The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment: “For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ (1 … Continue reading