Here is an article from Douglas Jacoby outlining some great principles of Bible Study, as well as giving an encouraging nudge to help us grow deeper in our faith:
Dig Deeper into the Word: Principles of Bible Study
Please visit Douglas’s website for tons of information, articles, and a great question/answer section: www.douglasjacoby.com
Obstacles? Deal with Them Now
by: Brian Cavanaugh, T.O.R., The Sower’s Seeds
An old farmer had plowed around a large rock in one of his fields for years. He had broken several plowshares and a cultivator on it and had grown rather morbid about the rock.
After breaking another plowshare one day, and remembering all the trouble the rock had caused him through the years, he finally decided to do something about it.
When he put the crowbar under the rock, he was surprised to discover that it was only about six inches thick and that he could break it up easily with a sledgehammer. As he was carting the pieces away he had to smile, remembering all the trouble that the rock had caused him over the years and how easy it would have been to ged rid of it sooner.
Another encouraging and insightful article from Jim McGuiggan.
In a time when selfishness and narcissism run rampant on social networking sites like myspace and facebook, I ran across another site recently called gratitude log. Check it out
Have you ever had a question about the reliability of the Bible? If so, here is an excellent article to get you started in the right direction.
If you are a disciple and are not acquainted with the writings of Jim McGuiggan you are missing out. Here are two articles he wrote recently that hits hard, steps on toes and refreshes your soul all at once!
This is a very good article on the perspective, priority, and purpose of the family.
I think you will agree after you read this article, this is great advice for any disciple!
Below are 2 quotes from people living in the 1st century describing Christians. As fascinating as these are, the question is whether or not we will step up and embrace their counterculture lifestyle in our public and private lives.
From a letter to a Roman citizen describing Christians:
They dwell in their own countries, but simply as sojourners. As citizens, they share in all things with others, and yet endure all things as if foreigners. Every foreign land is to them as their native country, and every land of their birth as a land of strangers. They marry, as do all [others]; they beget children; but they do not destroy their offspring. They have a common table, but not a common bed. They are in the flesh, but they do not live after the flesh. They pass their days on earth, but they are citizens of heaven. They obey the prescribed laws, and at the same time surpass the laws by their lives. They love all men, and are persecuted by all. They are unknown and condemned; they are put to death, and Read the rest of this entry »
The Cold Within
by: Author Unknown, Source Unknown
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Six humans trapped by happenstance Their dying fire in need of logs, The next man looking cross the way |
