One thing that can destroy any spiritual discipline is perfectionism. This is especially true with Scripture Memory. It is much easier to forget scripture after you’ve memorized it than to remember it and keep reviewing it. Here John Piper gives some wise advice on how to integrate memorizing, reviewing, and even forgetting into your spiritual [...]
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The Importance of Forgetting Scripture
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What is Wisdom? A Study in Words
Posted in Bible Study, devotion, devotional, devotionals, Proverbs, tagged anglican, bible, biblical studies, discipline, episcopal, hebrew words, insight, instruction, learning, Old Testament, proverbs, proverbs devotional, reformed, wisdom, word study on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wisdom, in the book of Proverbs, is a multi-sided thing. In order to communicate what wisdom is, the introduction uses several different synonyms to help draw out what exactly wisdom is. For your study of this book, I thought I’d just provide some linguistic background so that as you study this book, you can understand [...]
Philippians Devotional Week 15
Posted in devotion, devotionals, tagged bible, bible study, devotion, devotional, Devotional Life, episcopal, how to read the bible, new testament, philippians on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Devotional for Philippians 4:2-20 Day One Pray that the Lord will protect us through the power of His name and make us unified in Him (John 17:11). Paul’s life and priorities are organized by his confidence in the completed work of Christ, which he describes this way: “For it is by grace you have been saved, [...]
Philippians Devotionals Week 14
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Philippians Devotional Week 14 Day 1 Pray: ”Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge, into your hands I commit my spirit: redeem me, O Lord, the God of truth..” Psalm 31:4-5 Read Philippians 3:14-17 Every one can feel like a hamster on a wheel at times working [...]
Philippians Devotionals are Back!
Posted in devotion, devotionals, tagged bible, bible study, devotion, devotional, Devotional Life, how to read the bible, new testament, philippians on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Philippians Devotional Week 13 January 17, 2010 Day 1 Pray Psalm 63:3-4 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. Read Philippians 3:8-11 Within these verses, Paul recounts [...]
Philippians Devo Week 11
Posted in devotionals, tagged advent devotionals, anglican, bible reading plans, daily lectionary, devotional, discover, encounter with God, episcopal, essential 100, journey to bethlehem, mc'cheynes bible reading plan, one year bible, philippians devotional, scripture union on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We will be taking a brief hiatus from our Philippians devotionals. They will be starting back on the week of Jan 10th. In the meantime, I would encourage you to find some way of reading the Bible on your own. Let me propose three different methods: a. Essential 100 Bible Readings: This list runs through [...]
Philippiand Devotional Week 10
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Day One Philippians 2:25-27 Pray for God to show you the godly character of Epaphroditus in such a way that it challenges you to grow in your service of Him. In 2:17-24 Paul has offered as examples for Christ-like self-sacrifice respectively himself and Timothy. In these verses, he turns our attention to Epaphroditus. Epaphroditus, unlike [...]
Philippians Devotional Week 9
Posted in devotion, Devotional Life, devotionals, tagged bible, bible study, devotion, devotional, Devotional Life, how to read the bible, new testament, philippians on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Philippians Devotional Week 9 November 8, 2009 – Timothy and Epaphroditus Day One Philippians 2:19-22 Psalm 112: 1, 6: Hallelujah! Happy are they who fear the Lord and have great delight in his commandments! For they will never be shaken; the righteous will be kept in everlasting remembrance. In this [...]
Philippians Devotional #8
Posted in devotion, devotionals, Uncategorized, tagged bible, bible study, devotion, devotional, Devotional Life, new testament, philippians, reformed on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Philippians Devo 8 Day One: “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a night stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before [...]
The Beginning of Wisdom
Posted in devotion, devotionals, Proverbs, theology, Tremper Longman III, Uncategorized, tagged anglican, commentary, devotional, episcopal, proverbs, reformed, sermon series, theology, tremper longman III on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This summer we will be studying the book of Proverbs. In many ways, this book is problematic in the Old Testament. For one, it has little or no connection to the main redemptive story line of the Old Testament (or the whole Bible for that matter). Also, the book of Proverbs seems to depend heavily [...]
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