A Man Bent Over from The Orchard on Vimeo.

At 9:09, he quotes Daniel Rowland :

" Lost men love doctrine, saved men love Christ"

Quote of the Day

“I am responsible for my life and the lives of the young ones that I’m given charge of in my household.

And the certainty of my faith is this:

If I don’t waste the opportunities that I am given, the talents that I am given, if I dispense one man’s portion of kindness and decency, then all will be all right, because I’m not so solitary.

There’s nothing so wonderful and unique and distinct about me. I know that. And so if I just do my part, the world won’t go to hell in the bucket.

What paralyzes you is taking on the responsibility of trying to make the whole world that way. Heavens, I’ll not do that.

But we can keep the flame alive. We can keep stoking the fires. And that’s really all we’re obliged to do.”


Cleophus Thomas Jr., Alabama attorney; from "Fearful Symmetry"(1998) documentary about the making of the film "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Herald - Kerux (1 Corinthians 9:27) (1/2)

Herald - Kerux (1 Corinthians 9:27) (2/2)

The revision of the SGH (Sevinç Getirici Haber) version of the New Testament has just come off the press in Turkey and in Germany.

It is now available for all who wish to purchase it, either for themselves or for Turkish friends or acquaintances. .

The price in Europe is 4€ (Four Euros) and in Turkey 2 € (Two Euros).

The places to order these New Testaments are: For the German edition: msoe@msoe.org and for Turkey: agape55@gmail.com.

Verse of the Day

Folly delights a man who lacks judgment,
but a man of understanding keeps a straight course.

Proverbs 15:21

Quote of the Day

"Even if I were utterly selfish and had no care for anything but my own happiness, I would choose, if God allowed, to be a soul-winner, for never did I know perfect, overflowing, unutterable happiness of the purest and most ennobling order till I first heard of one who had sought and found a Savior through my means." –Charles Spurgeon

Verse of the Day

Luke 6:35-38 (New American Standard Bible)

35"But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

36"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

37"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.

38"Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."

Keep Your Heart With All Diligence -- Proverbs 4:23

http://www.bhpcommunitychurch.org.uk/mp3/sermons/2009/q3_09/bhp300809p.mp3



Psalm 119:32 "I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart."

Prayer : "Jesus come into my heart, grow in my heart and enlarge my heart." Amen

The Potters House

Quote of the Day

"Teach me that Christ cannot be the way if I am the end, that he cannot be redeemer if I am my own savior, that there can be no true union with him while the creature has my heart, that faith accepts him as Redeemer and Lord or not at all."

The Valley of Vision(p.170)

The Book of Life

There are some 11 mentions to a book of life in Scripture. This sermon shows the importance of having your name written in the Lamb's book of life.

Bible Study on the Lamb's Book of Life HERE .

Romans 7

Powerpoint Presentation 1

Powerpoint Presentation 2

Romans 6

Is God more Likely To Do Something If More People Are Praying ?

Easter 2009

⁴Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:4) (NASB)

¹²having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. (Colossians 2:12) (NASB)

Proverbs 6:20-35 (New International Version)

Warning Against Adultery

²⁰ My son, keep your father's commands
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

²¹ Bind them upon your heart forever;
fasten them around your neck.

²² When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.

²³ For these commands are a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and the corrections of discipline
are the way to life,

²⁴ keeping you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.

²⁵ Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes,

²⁶ for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread,
and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

²⁷ Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?

²⁸ Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?

²⁹ So is he who sleeps with another man's wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.

³⁰ Men do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

³¹ Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

³² But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever does so destroys himself.

³³ Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away;

³⁴ for jealousy arouses a husband's fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

³⁵ He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse the bribe, however great it is.

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Proverbs 6:6-11 (New International Version)

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

⁷ It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,

⁸ yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

⁹ How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-

¹¹ and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. "

Wisdom

In my daily Bible reading, this section from the book of Job was highlighted from an earlier time when i had previously read the passage.

For man, wisdom is exceedingly difficult to even find. Comparison is made to mining where man is at least able to through exceedingly toilsome labour dig out the treasure of precious stones (see verses 1-11).

But such is not to be the case with wisdom. For man, wisdom is a much more elusive commodity than the gold, silver or precious stones located in the deepest and furthest mines.

What stikes me in the passage that follows (verses 12-28) is that we have wisdom as seen from God's perspective. This is the perspective where we are given God who stands ABOVE wisdom; testing and approving it. No elusive commodity for Him but very much at hand.

The punchline is verse 28 which is where man's only hope for even hoping to attain to something of this wisdom is given. It stands in contrast to all the pretention strivings man normally engages in to obtain wisdom or what he thinks is wisdom.
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Job 28:12-28 (New International Version)

12 "But where can wisdom be found?
Where does understanding dwell?

13 Man does not comprehend its worth;
it cannot be found in the land of the living.

14 The deep says, 'It is not in me';
the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

15 It cannot be bought with the finest gold,
nor can its price be weighed in silver.

16 It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir,
with precious onyx or sapphires.

17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it,
nor can it be had for jewels of gold.

18 Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention;
the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

19 The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it;
it cannot be bought with pure gold.

20 "Where then does wisdom come from?
Where does understanding dwell?

21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing,
concealed even from the birds of the air.

22 Destruction [a] and Death say,
'Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.'

23 God understands the way to it
and he alone knows where it dwells,

24 for he views the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.

25 When he established the force of the wind
and measured out the waters,

26 when he made a decree for the rain
and a path for the thunderstorm,

27 then he looked at wisdom and appraised it;
he confirmed it and tested it.

28 And he said to man,
'The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
and to shun evil is understanding.' "