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January 2023

January 16, 2023

now or not yet | Philippians ii.11

now or not yet | Philippians ii.11 That at the name of Jesus every knee...

January 12, 2023

the name above all names | Philippians ii.10

the name above all names | Philippians ii.10 We're working through Phil 2.5-11 in this...

January 09, 2023

bearing in mind the exaltation | Philippians ii.9

bearing in mind the exaltation | Philippians ii.9 Paul is talking about the exalted Lord,...

January 05, 2023

why continue a series on a great, early hymn? | Philippians ii.8

why continue a series on a great, early hymn? | Philippians ii.8 I have written...

January 03, 2023

when you suffer, look to the cross | Philippians ii.7

When Paul is writing his Epistles, others are writing as well. The anonymous author of Hebrews...

December 2022

December 27, 2022

the worse death known to man | Philippians ii.6

the worse death known to man | Philippians ii.6 even the death of the cross....

December 19, 2022

in fashion as a man | Philippians ii.5

in fashion as a man | Philippians ii.5 I couldn’t pass this title up, even...

December 15, 2022

how can man become like God? | Philippians ii.4

how can man become like God? | Philippians ii.4 This is part of an ongoing...

December 12, 2022

the form of a servant | Philippians ii.3

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2.5, KJV)...

December 08, 2022

being in the form of God | Philippians ii.2

What does it mean, being in the form of God? We're often so elated to...

December 05, 2022

how to be the church with the mind of Jesus | Philippians ii.1

how to be the church with the mind of Jesus | Philippians ii.1 Since it’s...

December 01, 2022

drawing upon good from Ecclesiastes | 14 writings

To begin drawing upon good from Ecclesiastes, one has to take a deep dive so...

November 2022

November 07, 2022

do you have a cause for others? ethics pt 14

Do you have a cause for others, or even for someone else? There are plenty...

October 2022

October 18, 2022

Bible reading tips & tea time recipes for the day

I always start by reading the day-plan with all the readings for the main Text....

October 05, 2022

food and work for the day, ethics pt. 11

food and work for the day, ethics pt. 11 There is continuity to this Passage,...

September 2022

September 23, 2022

Romans xiv.1 & COIN, ethics pt. 9

Romans xiv.1 & COIN, ethics pt. 9 This particular article is a carryover from the...

August 2022

August 30, 2022

Word Study | excuse me Jared

"Tarshish sent merchants to buy your wares Wares can seem neutral, possibly can be something...

July 2022

July 19, 2022

law & idolatry in Acts, ethics pt. 6

The NT Church simply does not have to make law There is the Mosaic Law...

June 2022

June 17, 2022

only possible to humble faith, Micah 6.8 | ethics, pt. 3

“Now, that it is our business to live virtuously, and that God asks this of...

May 2022

May 26, 2022

ethics, group norms, & tattoos

Toward the end, I will explore what I personally consider to be a lesser way...

May 11, 2022

just curious, is there an etymology for curiositas?

At the outset of the day, there is a word I continue to consider, as...

April 2022

April 16, 2022

Good Friday Hook | posted earlier today on the net

Snippet: This isn’t the hook either, although it IS a fact from history There are...

April 07, 2022

Tea Time | cold weather chaos & Palm Sunday

Seasoned mariners and fishermen in both Testaments of the Bible are often at odds with...

March 2022

March 28, 2022

Bible Reading daté par procuration

Reading the Word is evergreen. The yellow is from a previously started plan (Life Journal) that...

March 06, 2022

grateful the Lord influences my week

Tomorrow is Sunday. This week I am once again struck with a pitfall that I...

December 2021

December 21, 2021

Merry Christmas!! 2021 in review

As we approach Christmas and review 2021, it really doesn't look like many people were...

November 2021

November 16, 2021

Crazy Theophanies | 3 examples in the Hebrew Bible

About the title Crazy Theophanies... I truly mean no disrespect. This is a very interesting...

October 2021

October 26, 2021

Demons at the Lord’s Table?

Demonology is never debated in the Early Church. They just know there are evil forces,...

October 23, 2021

stand before the king

The spoken word of the king carries great authority, in the same way the written...

September 2021

September 28, 2021

one of the “words” in my life had to do with…

One of the words in my life had to do with speaking before 1,000's. This...