Carol encounters a bear. This is relevant for preachers. Do your Sermons focus on what the Bible text means? Or are you teaching people material that is tangential (at best) to the text? There is a place for exploring tangents. It is a a Bible Study, not a pulpit.
From Blog & Mablog: The religiously self-righteous are, to use the great words of John Randolph, like a dead mackerel on the beach in the moonlight. They simultaneously ‘shine and stink.’ What religious men esteem is not what God esteems. Our prayers need to be prayed for. Our tears need washing. Our repentance needs to …
An old hymn that I recently heard is ‘He Giveth More Grace’ by Annie J. Flint. This hymn would best be used as a song of testimony or mutual encouragement. Note the usage of the first person plural ‘we’ and ‘our’ and the lack of any direct address to God. That aside, it is a …
69 Q. How does baptism remind you and assure you that Christ’s one sacrifice on the cross is for you personally? A. In this way: Christ instituted this outward washing and with it gave the promise that, as surely as water washes away the dirt from the body, so certainly His blood and His Spirit …
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