Here are some of the posts that stood out to me this week:
Why I am now a Christian, HT to Proclaim and Defend, from a former Muslim and atheist.
In the Middle of the Greatest Story, HT to Challies. "Veterans Day has me thinking of a time I stood in the middle of a story and felt like an imposter there, an imposter in someone else's story."
Benefits of Memorizing the Book of Romans, HT to Knowable Word. Some of the benefits would be applicable to memorizing any book or large portion of Scripture rather than isolated verses.
Widows: The Untapped Resource in Your Church, HT to Challies. "Widows aren't delicate knick-knacks to put on a shelf and dust every now and then; they're vital ministers to be deployed in the life of the church. They can teach the church a great deal about faith, devotion, service, and prayer."
The Church: A Family of Redemption, HT to Challies. "The local church paints a picture of a greater reality: God takes broken people and makes them whole through the family of God. He has sent his son Jesus Christ to redeem a people—his people—to himself that they might enjoy him forever. This is an eternal and unfading family, but it's also a family for the not-yet season that we live in."
From Shadow to Substance: Aaronic Priesthood's Transformation, HT to Challies. Some OT practices were declared to be "perpetual." But we don't practice them today. Why not? Randy Alcorn deals with some specific OT practices to show that we don't just pick and choose what OT passages to follow and demonstrates how they are fulfilled in Christ. This is an excellent demonstration in interpreting the OT in the light of the NT.
Will We Know Everything in Heaven, or Will We Learn, also from Randy Alcorn, HT to Challies. "Paul, in Ephesians 2:6-7, writes, 'God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace.' The word translated show means 'to reveal.' The phrase in the coming ages clearly indicates that this will be a progressive, ongoing revelation, in which we learn more and more about God's grace."
The purpose of prayer is not to get man's will done in heaven
but to get God's will done on earth. Warren W. Wiersbe
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