JP: PDF of Jonah from the recently released ESV study Bible (I just received mine yesterday – ordered it from Amazon). The notes are worthwhile reading.
ESV Study Bible Jonah.
A review of the ESV study Bible by Tom Challies is here.
Excerpt:
Conclusion
I suspect that many of the people reading this review will already be owners of at [...]
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JP: Good read from Mark Dever:
Mark Dever — Three Things For Church Planters/Theologians
Excerpt:
The Church is God’s Idea
Matthew 16:18, Jesus founded the church
Faithfulness involves less creativity and more repetition. We don’t want to say new things, we want to repeat the things that God has said.
Christ bought the church with his blood (Acts 20:28), he identifies [...]
JP: If plants have rights, Kathee is a murderer! And the image below is a carrot torture device!
When Plants Have Rights . . . An Idea Gone to Seed
Excerpts:
For a carrot, is there a more mortifying fate than being peeled, chopped and dropped into boiling water?
In the most important part of the report, the committee [...]
When: December 13th @ 10:25 am
What: Coffee at Mountain Mudd (New Hope)
Where: Map
Who: Anyone who wants to come
What’s the Mystery? A mystery guest. Not even my wife knows!
Is the coffee a mystery? No
Who buys: Jim and Kathee (for the first 10!)
Dress: Formal Saturday morning casual. No PJ’s or robes.
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JP: Outline for Wednesday night October 22nd.
The Prophet Displeased (4:1-6)
The Prophet Rebuked (4:7-11)
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Matthew 22:20-22
And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” 21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the [...]
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JP: Good read by John MacArthur.
1 Timothy 6:17, “Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.”
Hope and Money
Excerpt:
A very real danger facing American Christians is the temptation to fix their hope [...]
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JP: Lawyer joke by Dan Burrell. Humorous look at the incorrect view of the material! I encourage all to read entire article.
It’s only payment
A powerful and arrogant lawyer found himself at heaven’s gates about to be ushered in by St. Peter. (Yes, I KNOW the theology is wrong.) As he waits his turn, he [...]
Kathee asked me to share her food plans for the Sunday night October 19th fellowship. She is going to be making two of her famous chili dishes: white chicken chili and the traditional beef and bean chili. We will provide the pop as well. Kathee requests:
That some volunteer to bring miscellaneous food items. Kathee needs:
16 [...]
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JP: Good read by Joy Wagner. Ms. Wagner taught classes and was the ladies’ dorm supervisor at Northland Baptist Bible College (Dunbar, WI) for 10 years. She works as a counselor at Rocky Mountain Biblical Counseling Center.
Our Own Nineveh
Excerpt:
The first step in becoming a minister of grace to a group of people is to see [...]
