Jun 22nd, 2009
by BryanP.

"How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked..." -Psm. 1.1a
"You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually." -Ex. 27.20
It is one thing to declare in a church meeting that the Lord has become our Counselor. It is…
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Posted in: christian life, lifestyle.
Jun 10th, 2009
by Stevie B.
"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take
Posted in: christian life, kingdom of heaven, seeds, spiritual growth, word of God.
Tagged: christian life · disciplines · Foundations · seeds · steve bremner

"For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures, even you yourself will be captured; and Chemosh will go off into exile together with his priests and princes." -Jer. 48.7
The Moabites were a people who lived in what we now know as Jordan, mostly making their abode along the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. Their kingdom was…
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Posted in: holy spirit.
Tagged: Bryan Purtle · Consecration · Moabite Church · reality
Jun 6th, 2009
by David E.

We have heard it said that in the last days the good will be called bad and the bad will be called good. During creation, each day God saw everything that He had created was good. Satan wants to flip over everything upside down. He wants people to call good things "bad" and bad things "good." Therefore, those without a relationship with God…
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Posted in: activism, bible study, creation, end times, judgment, love, politics, sin, theology, worship.
Tagged: creation · David Edwards · gay · good · homosexual · lesbian · order · reversal · romans · truth · upside down · worship
May 31st, 2009
by Stevie B.

"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that…
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Posted in: Foundations, discipline, seeds, spiritual growth.
Tagged: confession · Foundations · roots · seeds · spiritual disciplines · steve bremner
May 11th, 2009
by Stevie B.

"But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." (Matt 13:23)
Recently I had heard about a number of tombs being found in Egypt in recent years which contained mummified remains of people. In the tombs they also…
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Posted in: edification, holiness, power, seeds, word of God.
Tagged: edification · growth · holiness · kingdom of God · power · righteousness · seeds

"The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost" 1 Tim 1:15
The phrase “peccator justus” is Latin for, “justified sinner.” I am not a Latin expert, or anything close to one actually, but the two words are reverberating through my mind and heart as I type today. Here…
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Posted in: encouragement.
Tagged: Bryan Purtle · Karl Barth · Mercy · Peccator Justus
May 4th, 2009
by Stevie B.

And he said,
"With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and
Posted in: Foundations, eternity, judgment, kingdom of heaven, seeds.
Tagged: eternity · fire · judgment · kingdom of God · ministry · seeds · steve bremner
May 1st, 2009
by David E.

What can be gleaned from the creation account, no matter if you interpret it literally or non literally? Here are some thoughts off the top of my head, from A to Z.
A. Everything is here the way it is because of God's will somehow. Creation was God's will and God's idea. It has a purpose that involved humans and God. Gen 1:1. In…
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Posted in: Avi, David Edwards, creation.
Tagged: Avi · creation · creationism · David Edwards · genesis
Apr 27th, 2009
by Stevie B.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. (James 1:2-4)
In the last few years of my life, I've swung the pendulum from one way of thinking to another in my understanding about
Posted in: Foundations, faith.
Tagged: faith · fire · steve bremner · trials