Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.” Luke 13:20-21
This is one of the few times in Scripture where yeast is not compared to sin. Most often [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
The Gospel Yeast
A Wife of Noble Character
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Prov 31:10
My blog normally is a meditation on the Scripture, and I want this one to follow that pattern, although as you read it, it may seem more personal, perhaps even self-serving.
This evening I spoke with a friend that [...]
More on Prayer
As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning (Luke 9:29). Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” (Luke 9:18). He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, [...]
Prayer – Just do It
Luke 6:12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
With the possible exception of evangelism, few topics elicit guilt in Christians like the call to pray. We all know we should and we have a plethora of examples showing why it is [...]
Christ, our Passover
1 Cor 5:7-8
For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival…
Having been raised in the strictest sect of Judaism and having spent his lifetime studying the Hebrew Scriptures, the Apostle Paul understood the connection between the Passover Lamb and the death of Christ. In I Corinthians 5, he called [...]
The Fellowship of His Sufferings
I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings (Phil 3:10).
C.S. Lewis wrote that “Pain is God’s megaphone.” In other words, it is often how He gets our attention. Sometimes pain is the natural consequence of our sin; sometimes it is the indirect result [...]
No Leap of Faith
Luke 3:1-2 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar — when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene— during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah [...]
Prepared for death
Luke 2:25-32 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. Moved by [...]
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He moves the hearts of His people to pray
Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)
A while back I read a tract which asked the provocative question, “Does God do anything in this world apart from prayer?” At first it was tempting to observe the lack of prayer in the churches of America [...]
