Dear friends, we’re continuing to use John Piper’s free book, Coronavirus and Christ, for our Friday devotion. If you haven’t got a copy yet, please download it. Today’s devotion is the second half of Chapter 1, “Come to the Rock.” Here are some questions to help us make the most of it: What strikes you most from this reading? What is one Biblical truth I can hold onto today from this reading? Who is one person I can share this truth with? (Who may need this encouragement) May the Lord our refuge and strength continue to grow us as a […]
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Forgive One Another As The Lord Has Forgiven You
Colossians 3:12-14 Being stuck at home obviously presents relational challenges. What do you get when you put a household of sinners in close quarters? (It sounds like an intro to some American reality TV show) You get conflict! Increased financial pressures plus frustrations related to Covid-19 plus differences of opinion in making decisions related to Covid-19 plus increased time with fellow redeemed sinners (family members) is a recipe for conflict. Our circumstances have changed, but our tendency to sin against one another remains with us – a constant battle. Interestingly, the unbelieving world — though they don’t use the language […]
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What Does The Bible Say About Disease?Part 6: The Kingdom Of Heaven
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 3:2 ESV This was the focus of John the Baptist’s preaching in the wilderness of Judea. There had been 400 quiet years (in between Old and New Testament) where the Israelites waited in anticipation for the one whom Isaiah, the prophet, spoke about: “Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forever more…” (9:7). Almost out of the […]
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Coronavirus and Christ – John Piper
Dear friends, it’s a new month! Starting today, 1 May, we’ll be using John Piper’s free book, Coronavirus and Christ, for our Friday devotion. Please download, read or listen to it from the links. We’ll encourage you to read or listen to half a chapter each Friday, starting with Chapter 1 today. Here are some questions to help us make the most of it: What strikes you most from this reading? What is one Biblical truth I can hold onto today from this reading? Who is one person I can share this truth with? (Who may need this encouragement) May […]
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What Is God Up To During This Crisis?
It can be dangerous to assume that we know what God is doing through a crisis unless he has revealed his mind to us in his word. Which he has. To answer the question – ‘What is God doing through the Corona crisis?’ — we’ll reflect on Exodus 1-2. As you may know, the people of God, Israel, were now in the land of Egypt (Exodus 1:1-7), far from the land God promised their forefather, Abraham. They were suffering terribly, but their numbers were growing (1:9) just as God promised Abraham. Out of fear, the new Pharoah tried to slow […]
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