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God’s Stubborn Missionary
In Jonah 3, we find Jonah freshly vomited onto the beach by the great fish that had housed him for three days in its own belly. Some people think that there might be a significant amount of time between Jonah's divinely ordained regurgitation and 3:1, when the word of...
On The Discernment of the Saints
Post Series on 1 John 4:1-6: On The Discernment of the Saints (1 John 4:4-6) So,...
Confessing This Jesus-Christ-Come-In-Flesh Jesus
Post Series on 1 John 4:1-6: Confessing This Jesus-Christ-Come-In-Flesh Jesus (1 John 4:2-3) After John...
Testing the Spirits in a World of Twitter
Post Series on 1 John 4:1-6: Testing the Spirits in a World of Twitter (1 John 4:1) Once upon...
Whoever is Born of God Cannot Keep on Sinning
Post Series on 1 John 2:28-3:10: Whoever is Born of God Cannot Keep on Sinning (1 John 3:4-10) In 1...
We Shall Be Like Him
Post Series on 1 John 2:28-3:10: We Shall Be Like Him (1 John 3:2-3) In 1...
Because Truth is So Much More Than Just Being Right
Post Series on 1 John 2:28-3:10: Because Truth is So Much More Than Just Being Right (1 John 2:28-3:1) ...
When Yahweh Takes His Bride
Hosea 2 describes not only how , and not only how he , but, in the final section of the chapter, even how Yahweh will move heaven...
When Yahweh’s Troubling Becomes a Door of Hope
As if Yahweh flipped a switch from to his mercy, Hosea 2:14-15 portrays a God who refuses to divorce, and commits to remarrying, his bride Israel: 14Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and...
When Yahweh Serves Divorce Papers
This is a painful post to write. It is difficult to read the utter severity of the language against Israel in Hosea 2:2-13 in view of my own sinfulness because of how vividly the passage portrays that God's hatred of our sin. Every sin is a personal offense against...
The Anointing of the Holy One
Post Series on 1 John 2:15-27: The Anointing of the Holy One (1 John 2:18-27) So then, how do we...
John’s Warning Concerning the Church
Post Series on 1 John 2:15-27: John's Warning Concerning the Church (1 John 2:18-27) Although John warns...