Just a heads-up, I am extremely busy right now trying to finish up my OT and NT survey courses. My posts will be a little more sporadic than usual.
Thanks for your patience.
Shalom
Archive for March, 2008
a few thoughts
Posted in Theology on Mar 28th, 2008
Throughout history, the oral and written traditions and scriptures of the Hebrew culture and of God’s dealings with His children were maintained. In spite of the fact that they were dispersed, the scriptures were preserved. Their dispersion, or “disapora,” is as varied as one could ever imagine. It starts with Adam and Eve’s banishment from […]
“Jesus said unto them, ‘If ye seek me, let these go their way.’”
(John 18.8 KJV)
“Mark, my soul, the care which Jesus manifested even in His hour of trial, towards the sheep of His hand! The ruling passion is strong in death. He resigns Himself to the enemy, but He interposes a word of power to […]
Of late, I’ve been struck by the necessity of being replenished daily, moment by moment, by the Spirit of the living God. And it’s not just that we leak, as my pastor once observed in a sermon, though I am indeed a porous vessel for the Holy Spirit. But the reason I need constant refilling […]
Etched deeply into my heart of stone,
A love that cannot be erased,
Though sin may mar and deface,
Your mercy will still atone,
Your mercy will still atone.
Implanted in my heart’s tilled earth,
A divine fruit-bearing seed,
To supplant the native weed,
And bring a harvest of rebirth,
And bring a harvest of rebirth.
Birthed into my slumbering soul,
New life-breath will revive,
Awakened, astir […]
Recently, I’ve been in conversation with some dear brothers over a sermon preached on Palm Sunday by Kim Fabricius found here. It’s clear that this brief sermon struck a chord in some and struck a nerve in others.
Part of the wrestling match that some are going through is the graphic nature and language the pastor […]
Here’s an interesting article that Mr. Ben Witherington linked us to this morning.
I remember both times this made the news.
Michelle and I will be driving out to Lancaster this evening to spend the night at her mom’s.
We will be going to Grace Baptist Church in the morning, and then having Easter lunch with the extended […]
Man of sorrows, enduring Savior,
Object of God’s wrath and favor,
Anguish and joy, distinctive savor,
The paradox of the cross.
What a range of emotion you feel,
In the garden, a final appeal
As the moment itself becomes real,
Faced with the depth of loss.
When your closest friends forsake you,
And the indifferent soldiers take you
To the Romans who try […]
John 17 (ESV)
Posted in Scripture on Mar 20th, 2008
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that […]
(This is the first entry by Michelle Manthey, the wife of the now INfamous Nathanael Manthey. It is from a journal entry written two nights ago during a bout of insomnia.)
I’m just a tosser-turner, always have been. So it was a great relief to me when I got married to discover that Nathanael is such a […]
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