Posts by RBC (Page 64)

I need to grow in hatred. Really. So do you. Do you hate sin? Do you hate pride? God-ignoring thinking and God-denying living? I do. But I don’t think I hate them enough. I need to grow in hatred. These thoughts are prompted by this paragraph…

This is from Adam Clarke’s commentary on Deuteronomy 6:6 and 8 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. He is asking the qu…

Top Seven things from Sunday 1 – Hearing the children’s choir belt out those verses from Joshua and sing about the power and presence of God. 2 – Met four new families on Sunday. One has been coming for four months and is already really involve…

I had never seen this before. Didn’t even know it was in print. It is C.S. Lewis’ review of Tolkien’s trilogy. “Not content to create his own story, he creates, with an almost insolent prodigality, the whole world in which it is to move, wit…

1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another. Ever struggle to love someone else? Husband or wife? Son or daughter? Mother or father? Boss or Co-worker? We all fail to love other people in our lives. When we have fai…

James 3:13-18 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 1…

What does it mean that God loves us? What does it mean to love? We use the term for the mysterious affinity between parent and child, friend and friend, husband and wife. It is the strongest factor in our nature, which bridges distance and triumphs…

The Carrying Band (Drew, Tim, Pete, Amy and Sam) will be playing at the Coffee House Saturday Night. Concert is from 8-10 pm this Saturday. The Grind Cafe 6708 Brian Dr. Right off Hwy 20 across from Case High School. It’s located in the same complex a…

Books The Loser Letters, Mary Eberstadt. Very clever. Daily Meditations with F.B. Meyer. I found a 1979 copy of this in a big used bookstore in downtown Milwaukee. The Brothers Karamozov. I recommend the translation by Pevear and Volokh…

By the Word of God the heavens were made. The Word of God is living and active. When we read, listen to and meditate on the Word of God stuff happens. In my calling to preach the Word I need to remember that the Word of God is more living and…