Blogs about the Word
As I promised – today we start in earnest. The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. - Song of Songs 1:1 The Song of Songs… At first glance, you may think we're looking at the title and author. Well – yes and no. Check out the pattern: Song of Songs. Does that remind you of [...]
As I read the parable of the soils the other day, it struck me that in three out of four cases the seed, which Jesus tells us in the Word of the kingdom, brings forth no fruit. It reminds me of another place where Jesus spoke a similar idea. thus invalidating the word of God [...]
Before we dig in today, I want to state that this is one of my core teachings. I share this message when I have the opportunity because I truly believe it’s a missing note in the current chord of Christianity. If we get this idea planted in our hearts and stop resisting this wonderful gift [...]
He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house. For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all [...]
He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house. - Hebrews 3:2 If we go back to the scene in Isaiah 6 as discussed a few days back, you’ll remember I said I can hear Jesus saying “Here am I send Me,” to the Father’s call. And what’s [...]
One last bit of background before we jump into the verse by verse (mostly) look at the Song. The Song is a short book as compared to other books like Genesis with its 50 chapters or Isaiah with its 66. It is made up of 8 chapters and a total of 117 verses. It would [...]
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - Matthew 5:3 On my old blog, I spent a few weeks talking about the kingdom of God. I’m not going to re-post that series right now, but I thought this one post held some fun insight into the what the Kingdom [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuYYQNVFxGo Throne Room Kim Walker-Smith Dream after dream, You are Speaking to me, breathing Word after word of kingdom come Here at Your feet, I can See the unseen, truly One look at You and I'm undone I run to the throne room I run to the throne room And I fall on my [...]
The Song can be interpreted in many ways. Many of these views hold value. No single way captures all that the Song has to offer. Since the books writing approximately 3,000 years ago, there have been more commentaries written about the Song that any other book of the bible save Romans. So there are a [...]
Blessed are the poor in spirit ~ Matthew 5:3 Who are these poor in spirit? Are they folks with low self-esteem? Perhaps those who never stand up for their own rights. Maybe this refers to ones who can never quite make a go of life. Oh–Oh–I know, this is the person who sings in church [...]