Acts 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? Acts 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. Some men marvelled, others mocked. Marvelled: something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing. Mocked: To attack or treat with… Continue reading A Mocker or a Marveler?
Author: Jay Jones
Love One Another: Affirm, Share, Serve
There are many “one another” commands found in the New Testament. In the study guide for Gospel in Life: Grace Changes Everything, Tim Keller offers a helpful breakdown of categories in affirming one another, sharing with one another, and serving one another. These form, he says, “nine ‘community-building practices’—specific behaviors that build Christian community.” For… Continue reading Love One Another: Affirm, Share, Serve
Quoted: Charles Grisham on Preaching
Nothing happens when a desensitized preacher, preaches a desensitized sermon, to an already desensitized world.
Investing In The Kingdom
A friend mentioned recently about a thought he’d heard on the radio concerning investors and consumers. The point made by the radio commentator was, if someone purchased a top of the line Mac computer several years ago, and another person invested that same amount of money into Apple stock at the same time, the computer… Continue reading Investing In The Kingdom
Quoted: John Wayne on Life’s Difficulty
Life’s tough – It’s even tougher if you’re stupid.
Watchman, What of the Night?
Isaiah 21:6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. Isaiah 21:11-12 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if… Continue reading Watchman, What of the Night?
Change Your Beliefs Against Homosexuality or Get Expelled
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/27/georgia-university-tells-student-lose-religion-lawsuit-claims/ Lawsuit Claims College Ordered Student to Alter Religious Views on Homosexuality, Or Be Dismissed A graduate student in Georgia is suing her university after she was told she must undergo a remediation program due to her beliefs on homosexuality and transgendered persons. The student, Jennifer Keeton, 24, has been pursuing a master’s degree in… Continue reading Change Your Beliefs Against Homosexuality or Get Expelled
Quoted: John Carroll on Affliction
It is the Will of God to take the Thorn of Affliction to the Throne of Grace and turn it into a ministry.
Mistakenly Mourning The Loss
I couldn’t help but notice the parallel of this story to the issues of the Church. How often are those who are still reachable mistaken for being dead… “too lost” to reach? They’ve been written off by a church who should be preparing for their return instead of their funeral? And how often are those… Continue reading Mistakenly Mourning The Loss
Quoted: Thomas Jefferson on Ideas
If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one,… Continue reading Quoted: Thomas Jefferson on Ideas