I don’t, as a rule, make requests like this through the blog, but I can’t think of any harm from too much intercession on my behalf. So… Read more “Requesting prayer from my readers (and anyone else who cares to participate)”
‘Every wind of doctrine’: Disillusionment
“Then Joseph said to them, ‘Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.’ “So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream . . . “’This is what it… Read more “‘Every wind of doctrine’: Disillusionment”
Thoughts on ‘every wind of doctrine’
“Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and… Read more “Thoughts on ‘every wind of doctrine’”
‘Every wind of doctrine’: Comfort
“So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. Elijah went before the people and said, ‘How long will you waver between two… Read more “‘Every wind of doctrine’: Comfort”
‘Every wind of doctrine’: Spiritual pride
“Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the… Read more “‘Every wind of doctrine’: Spiritual pride”
‘Every wind of doctrine’
“As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people,… Read more “‘Every wind of doctrine’”
To choose and be chosen
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his… Read more “To choose and be chosen”
The prophet and the king: A tale of two kingdoms
“Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. He was the one who… Read more “The prophet and the king: A tale of two kingdoms”
Gathering manna vs. eating ‘prophetic’ crow
“He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on… Read more “Gathering manna vs. eating ‘prophetic’ crow”
‘Go back’
“Then a voice said to him, ‘“What are you doing here, Elijah?’ “He replied, ‘I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected… Read more “‘Go back’”