Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe. Hebrews 12, verse 28. Awe. That concept comes from Malachi 2:5, which mentions revering God with awe. When was the last time you really felt awe about something? One time whenContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Hebrews, 25 October 2017”
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Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 4 September 2015
They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will beContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 4 September 2015”
Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 26 May 2015
The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.” Mark 8, verses 14-15. Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod. Two thousand years later,Continue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 26 May 2015”
Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 6 May 2015
Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them. Mark 7, 14-16. I’m sometimes ashamed of things I say and have said. Jesus could haveContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 6 May 2015”
Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 15 January 2015
So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; hisContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 15 January 2015”
Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 29 December 2014
He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. Mark 3, verses 5-6 It’s stillContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 29 December 2014”
Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 17 December 2014
One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungryContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Mark, 17 December 2014”
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