April 2013
2 posts
False Converts And The Two Headed Bear
Hebrews 6:1-6
“Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go in to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washing, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permit’s. For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been...
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"Its not about you... its all about me"
Hebrews 5:11-14
“About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the...
March 2013
4 posts
Grace is our cry!
Hebrews 5:5-10
“So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”;
as he says also in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayer and supplications, with loud...
Ministry > Managment
Hebrews 5:1-4
“For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is obliged to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people. And no one takes this honor for...
Jesus=Human
Hebrews 4:15-16
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with out weakness, but we have one who has been tempted in everyway, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need”
When I was in college I went through a great period of doubt. I began...
Jesus > Me
Hebrews 4:14
“Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.”
I remember when I was very young I would go to work with my father on Saturdays. He would load me up in the car, buckle me in the car seat and drive to the mall where he was the manager. We would pull into the parking. As we would begin to...
February 2013
8 posts
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Gospel > Comfort?
Hebrews 4:12-13
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”
On June 4th 1940 Winston...
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
Hebrews 4:7-10
“Again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” stating through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works...
What Have You Heard About It
Hebrews 4:4-6
“For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest.” Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience”
God cannot and will not ever portray the Gospel in a...
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What Shall We Do With It
Hebrews 4:2
“For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them. Because they were not united by faith with those who listened”
This speaks to faith. Do we truly believe that the Gospel will save, first us and then others? John MacArthur states on this the following:
“From the human side, the first requirement for salvation is faith. Hearing the...
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What Do we Think About It!
Hebrews 4:1
“Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it”
Here the reader is confronted by a corporate mandate that has individual repercussions. The author makes the statement, Let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it”. It should strike us as interesting here that the...
A Confession That Binds
Hebrews 3:12-1
Verse 15 is the key to this passage of Scripture. It states very plainly realistic nature of what it means to be “Christian”. We read:
“Today, if you hear his
voice,
Do not harden your
Heart as in the
Rebellion”
I implore us all to stop here and think of the immediate nature of this...
A Confession That Quits
Hebrews 3:7-11
Here it is that we see the result of a false confession. One commentator stated the following:
“The contrasting of Jesus and Moses transitions to a comparison of their followers’ responses. The followers of Moses failed to enter God’s promised rest due to their disobedience and unbelief. So the author exhorts the followers of the superior Son of God to be careful not to...
The Confession That Can Not Quit
Hebrews 3:1-6
What are we supposed to confess? The crux of the opening passage of this chapter is consumed with the superior confession that is found in Jesus. In light of the contributing factors to this passage one should see that there is a great wealth of things we can confess. The Hebrews to whom were being written confessed many people other than Christ. We must therefore, see...
January 2013
1 post
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Jonathan Edwards and two dozen other things
Of late I have been giving great thought to the issues that we face in the modern America. Furthermore, the very nature of the problem is not one confined to only the U.S. but western culture in general. Overall, we might seek to blame any one thing. Our complaints might center on issues from governance, too much internet, or too little of it in the school systems. However, the reality is one...
July 2012
1 post
There is....
There is a unifying passion that exists in the God that calls us to worship. Today I am in awe of this simple fact. As I weep over my city and over the friends I see wrestle with the enemy, I am encouraged to know…. That Christ will ultimately see all things reconciled. That in the end all of it, every iota of existence will see the unification of all things in Christ. There will be an...
June 2012
5 posts
Meditations
Psalm 9:1-2
“I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.”
I am struck this morning by this passage. That no matter the cost, no matter the situation I should always, “be glad and rejoice” in the Lord. How ofter is ones happiness conditional to ones...
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Say it again brother
Like a cigarett and an empty coffee cup life without Christ is fleeting. Psalm 6:5 says, “For there is no remembrance of You in death; who can thank You in Sheol”. I am struck this morning by cut of that verse. What do we love? What is it that drives us toward truly living?
I am fearful that we all live so often motivated by the next thing we will partake in. That we are prone to...
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Let him drink
Charles Spurgeon once said in talking on Christ’ call to man the following; “You have no belief and no repentance, -come to him, and he will give them to you. Come just as you are, and take “Freely”“. It strikes me as just plain odd that Spurgeon the great preacher of his day would say such a thing as this. How counter to our own concept of all things...
the truth of it is...
So this morning I was reading my bible and I came across an interesting thing. 1 corinthians 10:1-5 states:
“For I do not what you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all at ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from...
update
So, Its been approximatley 8 months since I have been on here at Fairway Church. Unfortunately it has probably been almost twice as long since I last posted anything on tumblr. As I have been more and more engaged and pulled in here at Fairway I have started to experience so much concerning not only the grace of out Lord and Saviour but also the trials that come with being in pastoral ministry. I...
October 2011
1 post
I'm Trying
Have you ever just stopped for a moment and become completely, utterly, unexplainably, overwhelmed by the circumstances of your life? I have…. The fact of the matter is that often times I find myself in this frame of mind. I, being introspective by nature, respond to these feelings in such a way that may not be seen as profitable. Often times I find it easier to shut down, lock out, and...
April 2011
4 posts
Reformation
She could feel the coolness of the water, which sat nestled upon her elbows. The kitchen was somewhat dim and the ocean breeze came flooding through the open screen door. She had lived here for as long as she could remember and for even longer the ancient house had stood there two blocks off the now deserted beach. The house sat, for now, hemmed in quiet as the family slept peacefully in its rear...
So It is For Us Upon This Sea
Why must you look? In sanguine thoughts of immortal moments left fleeting on the wind. And yet here linger to touch this flame and then only wander… Is it safe for us to lay her? To gaze intently into the vastness that lay even further beyond us. And in silence hold the air between our palms, starving to be vacant of space. No, not a thousand of these clouds could look as you say they...
This Faded Remembrance
The stain here left apon this ancient wall, With thousands of moments in the rising sun. This crux of ancient white on hand made stucco, found comforting to a grandmother smile. And slow its edd across this arking sky, Left pieces of itself splashed in narrow lines of fading light. Yet those days it had there seen remain, hands of ancient ones wrinkled by its fire. And memories are left in...
The Encouraging Truth in Light of my Sour...
So this morning I find myself waking at 5:30 am. I must admit this is unusual for me. The reason for this is that I have to be in to work to day to open the store for our “HUGE SALE”. Good ole Jos. A. Bank desires for us to open at 7:30 so I guess I have to follow orders.
Of late I have been finding it difficult to consolidate my three live. On one hand I am working to be in...
