The Unsearchable Riches

The Ordinary Paths of Life

2010-04-17T09:54:00.002-04:00

The Ordinary Paths of Life I am teaching a class called ‘Women Mentoring Women’ and in preparing for my next class I was listening to Nancy Leigh DeMoss, http://www.reviveourhearts.com, and she quoted this from a 19th Century German Philosopher; “Show me your redeemed life and I might be inclined to believe in your Redeemer.” This quote gave me pause. I thought, “Does my life look redeemed?”

He fixed my choice on Him!

2009-12-24T11:51:00.001-05:00

"I remember when I felt upon my finger the ring of infinite, everlasting, covenant love that Christ put there. Oh, it was a joyful day, a blessed day! Happy day, happy day, when His choice was known to me, and He fixed my choice on Him!" ~C.H. SpurgeonHaving just graduated from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, reflection has naturally consumed my morning and evening time spent with my

2009-10-12T09:23:00.002-04:00

5 THINGS TO REFLECT UPONROMANS 8:28-391. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified

Happiness v Joy

2009-01-27T07:13:00.001-05:00

The Institutes of the Christian Religion 1.11.8“Man's mind, full as it is of pride and boldness, dares to imagine a god according to its own capacity; as it sluggishly plods, indeed is overwhelmed with the crassest ignorance, it conceives an unreality and an empty appearance as God. To these evils a new wickedness joins itself, that man tries to express in his work the sort of God he has inwardly

Let your unique light shine!

2009-01-25T18:24:00.003-05:00

The Institutes of the Christian Religion 1.8.11 "Although most men are blind to their writings, yet the very heavenly majesty therein holds all men closely attached and as it were bound to itself. But this one fact raises their doctrine more than enough above the world: Matthew, previously tied to the gain of his table, Peter and John going about in their boats-all of them rude, uneducated

Scripture

2009-01-18T08:25:00.001-05:00

Here are a couple of quotes from The Institutes by John Calvin Section : 1.6.1-4 pertaining to Scripture, which is God’s special revelation. Special revelation is different from God’s general revelation, which is creation itself. While creation does indeed speak volumes about God and thus makes all men aware God exists; only God’s Word can save man. In seminary it is said like this, “general

Best paragraph I have read in a while...dangerous to many!

2009-01-01T17:49:00.000-05:00

This paragraph is from Dr. Heimbach's book "True Sexual Morality," page 343."This means, therefore, that anyone who explodes with angry emotion towards God's moral standards on sex for fear of being exposed as wrong cannot possibly be a Christian. Reacting in this way and being a real Christian are completely incompatible. Both cannot exist at the same time. So, if someone fears that God is right

Is God waiting upon you?

2008-10-17T15:51:00.002-04:00

“We must not only think of our waiting upon God, but also of what is more wonderful still, of God’s waiting upon us. The vision of Him waiting upon us, will give new impulse and inspiration to our waiting upon Him. It will give us unspeakable confidence that our waiting cannot be in vain. Let us seek even now, at this moment, in the spirit of waiting on God, to find out something of what it

Repentance

2008-09-14T23:32:00.003-04:00

I was made keenly aware of a sin in my life this evening during a sermon preached by Dr. David Hogg. You can click here to be routed to my church’s website where you will find a link to Dr. Hogg’s sermon for September 14, 2008. It is of no consequence to you what the nature of my sin was, as my sin is supremely against God[1]. So, do not tie your mind up

How should we organize our thinking about salvation?

2008-08-24T15:44:00.006-04:00

The Bible organizes God’s salvation under covenants. Starting in Genesis 3 there is a promise of salvation. Genesis 12 reaffirms the promise of salvation to every family and is set in the context of a covenant. Deuteronomy 30 looks forward to the new covenant, which is then brought back into view again in Jeremiah. Matthew 26:28 quotes Jesus Christ as saying, “this is the

Cody

2008-07-14T19:15:00.014-04:00

Meet my brother, Cody!Over the past few years I have taken on a very special mission. During this time, my favorite two weeks out of the year, I become Cody's primary caretaker. Cody is seventeen and was never supposed to live a day. He can't walk or talk, but he can melt your heart. He is an exceptional communicator despite his physical and mental disabilities.Cody loves the Word of God! Every

A passion to be changed

2008-06-26T09:33:00.001-04:00

John Piper made the statement, “the mark of the new birth is a passion to be changed.” To this I respond, “YES! That is exactly the point.” Many who know about my life before I met Jesus, my Lord and Savior, baulk at my radical transformation. They make comments like, “only one in thousand have been miraculously freed from x, y, z sin.” “Complete deliverance does not happen that often,” they say.

G.R.A.C.E. by Brett Marlowe

2008-06-19T20:42:00.005-04:00

Hey friends! A friend of mine posted this on his page and I wanted to share it with you. The picture you see to the left is the picture he is talking about in his writing...I just couldn't figure out how to get it on the bottom. Enjoy!G.R.A.C.E. by Brett MarloweIn the summer of 2007, I was blessed to travel around the world. I began in Atlanta, Georgia, and then stopped in Hong Kong for two days

Sitting in the rain.

2008-06-02T05:38:00.000-04:00

There is nothing better than sitting in the rain, especially after a run. Today, God afforded me this pleasure. He filled the clouds with water and then wrung them out upon the earth. He sent a breeze that was slightly cooler than the air that had been still all day. A breath of air floated across my skin wet with drops of rain and sweat. The wind and water did not cause me to be chilled, but

You can lead a horse to water

2008-05-30T09:21:00.000-04:00

I was out jogging the other day listening to a sermon on Psalm 1: 1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither

Atonement is whose problem?

2008-05-23T06:24:00.000-04:00

Atonement is whose problem[1]? The primary reason the atonement is God’s problem is because of who God is. It is the very nature of God that makes sin heinous. God set the standard, “be holy because I am holy,” (1 Peter 1:16)[2]. Sin is not measured quantitatively or even by the act of sin

How ought Christians react to the shifting moral values of culture?

2008-05-03T17:17:00.000-04:00

The question, “How ought Christians react to the shifting moral values of culture?” has been posed. First, I believe the question to be moot because the Bible describes Christians as strangers in a world (cf. 1 Pe 1:1)[1] of cultures whose moral values have been shifting since the beginning of time. However, the Holy Scriptures are timeless and

Is the God of Christianity and the god of Islam the same?

2008-04-22T16:44:00.000-04:00

I was driving with two of my friends the other day and somehow the question was posed, "Are God and Allah (of the Muslim faith) the same?" One friend answered, "NO!" and the other, "Yes." The friend who answered, "Yes," explained that this was a bridge that enabled him to open up dialogue with people of the Muslim faith. He did say that prior to talking with a professor, that he too felt that

New Creation

2008-04-14T11:29:00.000-04:00

New creation? I am always so amazed at how I feel when I think back to my BS days- that is my “before salvation” days. I feel loved, blessed, joyful, relieved, freed…I feel like a new creation. That is, of course, because I am. The Bible teaches us that at the point of salvation and justification we become a new creation. We are moved from being under sin and Satan, to being in Christ! We are