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Blue Letter???

2 Feb

I have no idea why they call it “Blue Letter Bible“.  But they do.

I use www.youversion.com a lot, or Bible Gateway, but this looks intriguing.  Not quite as well done as youVersion, but still good stuff.  Check it out. 

I REALLY like paper and ink books in the world of Bible study.  I’m not sure why; it’s probably because my college education was done just prior to the Internet / Information Age.  We actually went to a library, referenced a card catalog, pulled a bunch of books off a shelf, and used the index to find out if the guy had written anything of relevance.  That, you see, to me, was the “good old days”. 

But I’ll use online tools when necessary, because I simply can’t afford enough good books, and Crossroads doesn’t have a very extensive library.  Well, really we don’t HAVE a library, just a bookshelf full of donated books for the borrowing. 

All of us Christians can use good tools as we seek to be LIKE CHRIST.

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Casper

27 Jan

Casper is a bully.  An indescribably persistent bully with no morals or concerns for his victims. 

Yet, Casper is a victim.  A victim of his nature.  He cannot escape it.  He desires to dominate and force others to run to escape him. 

Casper is much like a man without Christ. 

Romans 8:7 – Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

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Student of the Bible

27 Jan

“I’m a student of the Bible.”

What a frighteningly presumptuous claim to make.

How many of us can live up to it?  In a day when all the cool churches are mocking people who study the Scriptures, when “going deeper” is referred to as being a jackass, how many of us are even willing to try?

I wonder if I can even quote 20 Scriptures.  I doubt that I can give you a single reference to condemn abortion, as much as I claim to be against it.  Can I even find a verse in the Bible, let alone pull it from my head, that tells us that God forms children in the womb?

That’s just one issue.  It’s “Sanctity of Human Life Week”, so it’s fresh on my mind.

How many “students” of the Bible are there left? 

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Jokers

13 Jan

For all the jokers out there who say that the Christian life gets easier as time goes on, I say you're full of mud.  The evidence all points in the opposite direction.

While I can be successful in resisting temptation for a while, the tempter is continually searching for an unguarded back alley door.

When I succeed in harnessing some sinful tendency, I immediately relax, and the bouncing ball promptly hits me in the back of the head with something else.

I sing "Victory in Jesus" as a prayer because I know all too well that it's not a state I live in very often.  "Blessed Assurance" is my heart-cry because I have no other than Christ.  "Sweet Hour of Prayer" is my genuine longing because I fight for five minutes while I shower.  "It Is Well" is a call to remember that He has declared me "well" even when I don't feel so good about it all. 

Sin draws me.  Sin often wins.  Entirely too often.  The struggles of life threaten to drown me. 

Yet, there is an anchor.  Oh, how I fail to turn to Him early and often.  His arms are open and His hands are able.  I reminded Crossroads a week or two back that the biggest thing prayer changes is "us".  While that doesn't always satisfy my need to see things "fixed", I still believe it's true.  God does answer prayers that are offered by His people in agreement with His will.  I believe that.  (God does not, I don't think, CHANGE His will to fit our prayers.  That just doesn't work for me.)  However, when we pray more, we learn much more about God and we are drawn closer to Him because we are focused on Him. 

Some would say that praying is how we fix our problems.  I say "no".

Praying is how we survive our problems. 

Pray without ceasing.

That's Bible.

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I’m thankful for…

26 Nov

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