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 [...]
I'm quitting NetFlix. I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts this week, The Holy Post, with Phil Vischer, Skye Jithani and Christian Taylor. They look at news articles and give a Christian perspective with thoughtfulness and humor. They covered a story in this episode about the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. It’s the [...]
"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 [...]
He there! It's another great day to worship our Father. Here's a great song from Hillsong that I think you'll love. Blessings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1wvgLkyVfQ There's a grace when the heart is under fire Another way when the walls are closing in And when I look at the space between Where I used to be and this [...]
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession; - Hebrews 3:1 Here, at the beginning of chapter 3 of Hebrews, we see the writer reminding us who we are in Christ. Though this letter is full of warnings, though it takes us by the shoulders [...]
He said, "Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep." And they began laughing at Him. - Matthew 9:24 What’s dead in your life today? Jesus walked into the house of a man whose daughter had just died. This is what He found. When Jesus came into the official's house, and saw the [...]
Hi all, This is a rebroadcast of my study in the Song of Songs. For over a year back in 2012 I posted these weekly. Since they have all be lost with my old site, I’m going to start re-publishing these on Saturdays. They will be pretty much in their original form, though I reserve [...]