Excerpt from John Piper “Why is it that people with PhDs in theology commit adultery? They don’t know God. “You can read theology ten hours a day for forty years and not know God as beautiful and all-satisfying — as the highest treasure of your life. Who cares about knowing God the way the devil…

Excerpt from the Intro to the Book of Lamentations in the Life Application Study Bible (1996). TEARS are defined simply as “drops of salty fluid flowing from the eyes.” They can be caused by irritation or laughter but are usually associated with weeping. sorrow, and grief. When we cry, friends wonder what’s wrong and try…

By Adolfo TM Audio Transcript of this Post: The First Epistle of Clement was written in a time of crisis in the church in Corinth, so I don’t want to leave Clement where I left off yesterday, i.e., only discussing his commentary on the phoenix. That would be akin to the Corinthians focusing on issues…

By Adolfo TM Audio Transcript of this Post: Toward the end of the Era of the Apostles, near the close of the first century, Clement of Rome, who knew the apostles of Jesus personally, wrote this amazing story when he was an early church bishop to the troubled church in Corinth: “There is a bird,…

Yes. By Adolfo TM Psalm 139, For the choir director: A psalm of David This post is divided into 2 parts: The Word of God in Psalm 139, and my personal reflections written during early morning devotion. 1 O Lord, you have examined my heart    and know everything about me. 2  You know when…

By J.C. Ryle, Practical Religion, first published 1878 “..all the education a man’s head can receive, will not save his soul from hell, unless he knows the truths of the Bible. “A man may have prodigious learning, and yet never be saved. He may be the master of half the languages spoken around the globe.…

Quote from Ken Wimer, Shreveport Grace Church “Don’t think that Christ set you free as far as salvation, but now you have to put yourself under the law for your walk. “Legalism, self-righteousness or any other doctrine that takes our eyes off of Christ diminishes what the Lord Jesus Christ came and accomplished. It’s like…

From Andrew Murray’s book, Humility (Updated, Annotated): The Beauty of Holiness (Murray Updated Classics Book 2), Kindle edition. “How little this is preached. How little it is practiced. How little the lack of it is felt or confessed. Sadly, few pursue some recognizable measure of likeness to Jesus in His humility. Few ever think of…

Excerpt from Philippians Verse by Verse (2017), by Grant R. Osborne, Kindle edition. “And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled…

Except from Philip Delre’s Jesus Christ The Master Evangelist, pgs. 30-31. Who was Jesus? Was He a prophet, a priest, a king, a man, God incarnate, or all of the above? There are seven “I am” sayings of Jesus in the New Testament. Each one is a clear reference to Exodus 3:14 when God revealed…

“Love Jesus 13” is shorthand for two of my favorite pursuits, Christianity (hence, “love Jesus,” and the early days of America (13 as in Thirteen Colonies. The United States began with 13 British colonies, which declared independence in 1776.) Not every post will be theological and not every post will be history. These two interests…