But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. Hebrews 11:16 ESV With preaching through the entire Epistle to the Hebrews, my thoughts for sermon-text divisions has been to choose large chunks …
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A few weeks ago, my wife reminded me of an experience early in our marriage that set the stage for my love of catechisms. We were speaking with a husband and wife who were Jehovah's Witness in our home, and the wife shared her testimony of why she left her Methodist upbringing to join the …
School kicked back into session this past week. After thinking through education options, Tiff and I became convinced that the classical Christian approach would be worth trying, and for going on three years, Classical Conversations has been making that hope into a reality. While the task of homeschooling is daunting, we keep ourselves grounded with …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XoEFi2sI1jxPMsTH2vL8Q?si=M7SLbjX7TZWPM-4v4ARpKQ A couple of months ago, for no particular reason, I grabbed my copy of Tolkien's translation of Beowulf off the shelf and began to read. Having only read bit of Beowulf in high school, I only remembered that Beowulf fights a monster named Grendel and a dragon. While I have since learned that, though …
Midsummer gnat season is officially here, and earlier this week, I asked Tiff whether or not we are unknowingly descendants of ancient Egypt who are receiving a fresh outpouring of the third of the ten plagues from Exodus. It's a somewhat humorous exaggeration, I know, but every time I run my electric flyswatter through a …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fRKheenNLypPHRmgEFgp7?si=rzN_2dO8Q6qBgsR6bRvnKw The Ten Commandments are often divided into two tables, one pertaining to the love of God and the other describing how we are to love our neighbor. The most traditional division is between the Fourth and Fifth Commandments. The Fourth Commandment, after all, requires the remembering and keeping of the Sabbath day holy, while the Fifth Commandment demands honor to be given to …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/40yeI6Wl0HpPQjie9KWQA1?si=Tdi7x6tYQQqrR5ma2y0mJw Sundays never fail to be tough. The plan is always to have the house clean and organized on Saturday, to do family devotionals, to set out and iron clothes for the morning, to go to bed early, and have a big happy breakfast together Sunday morning. Things never go according to plan. It never …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0rrDRtoSPPjuzST79lRe8E?si=PVUIzy0XSEyMbJ7M3dwOSQ This week of Pride Month featured the pride flag flying high over the White House like a triumphant banner over a conquered foe. This was then accompanied by a pride celebration at the capital in which pushback against flashers forced the present administration to admit that it took things just a bit too far. …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7K3PUFg2MFG0UN4Rb43JCq?si=gwG8q7AYQw6_QLsUsOXomQ Several weeks ago, Budweiser infamously made a brief sponsorship with Dylan Mulvaney, who has become one of the most prominent spokesmen for transgenderism as of late. The response from Budweiser's customer base has been swift and decisive. With multiple beers to choose from in any given store, people have largely decided to abandon the …
Author Verse 1 blatantly identifies Nahum as the author. Only modern, anti-supernatural scholars argue for a post-exilic author, but this theory has no grounding outside of secularist biases. Theme God will bring judgment upon Nineveh (and the Assyrian Empire) because of the wickedness that they have committed. Background Nothing is known of Nahum outside of …
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