Day: September 17, 2015

A Sincere Beginning

Come to prayer open and sincere.

The Power of Culture (Redeeming Culture, Part 4)

“Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” So the LORDscattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. Genesis 11.7, 8

A name for themselves

The episode of the Tower of Babel demonstrates why it is so important that those who perceive the corruption in their culture do whatever they can to redeem and renew culture according to the purposes of God.

Honor Due

The Law of God for Daily Meditation

Morning Meditation

Deuteronomy 17.14-20
¹⁴ “When you come to the land which the LORDyour God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations that arearound me,’ ¹⁵ you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORDyour God chooses; onefrom among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who isnot your brother. ¹⁶ But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORDhas said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’ ¹⁷ Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself. ¹⁸ Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the onebefore the priests, the Levites. ¹⁹ And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORDhis God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, ²⁰ that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment tothe right hand or tothe left, and that he may prolong hisdays in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.”

Ephesians 5:4

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. Imitation #3: This should be in stark contrast to the conversations that go on around me. Not only filthiness, foolish chatter ,or crude joking, but no gossip, no complaining, no slander, no attacking […]

Called to This

1 Peter 3.8, 9

⁸ Finally, all of youbeof one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, betenderhearted, be courteous, ⁹not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.