7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.
17 Brethren, join in following [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Fighting Covetousness by Looking at Others
Posted in Christ, Evangelism, God, tagged Christ, God, Evangelism, missions, John Piper, covetousness, desiringGod.org on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Walking in the Spirit
Posted in Christ, tagged Ephesians, Holy Spirit on June 28, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the things I learned from Jim Cymbala’s “When God’s People Pray,” was to ask for a fresh supply of the Spirit whenever we pray. In a way, this confused me because it says in Ephesians 1:13 that we are sealed by the Holy Spirit. It made me think that we could lose the [...]
Eleven Evidences of the New Birth
Posted in Christ, Faith, God, tagged born-again, John Piper, new birth, 1 John on June 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep [...]
Give Thanks
Posted in Thanksgiving, tagged El Shaddai Ministries, hermeneutics, Mark M. Blitz, Thanksgiving, The Feasts of the Lord, types and antitypes on June 8, 2008 | No Comments »
We talked about giving thanks at service today. We’re in Colossians 1:3-8. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 also says that in everything we are to give thanks to God because it is the will of the Father.
I am now learning about types and antitypes. This is discussed in chapter 8 of Roy Zuck’s book, Basic Bible Interpretation. [...]


