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 first half of Chapter 2, “A Solid Foundation.” 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 church […]
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Face to Face
2 John 12 “Though I have much to write you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.” 2 John 12 I hope you’ve become painfully aware of the fact that ‘church at home’ is not the same as the gathered public assembly of God’s redeemed people. One of God’s purposes in ordaining this virus is to discipline our church and many others – he disciplines those he loves (Hebrews 12:5-7). Isn’t it likely that, as Goodenough said on Sunday, we’ve […]
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What Does The Bible Say About Disease? Part 7: “Was Blind, But Now I See…”
Last week we looked at Jesus’s purpose in healing many people. There is the account of a very strange healing in the Gospel of Mark. Jesus and his disciples had come to Bethsaida and a blind man was brought to Him. Jesus took the blind man outside the village where He spat on his eyes and laid his hands upon them as well. Jesus then asked the man if he could see anything, to which he replied, “I see people, but they look like trees walking.” Jesus then laid his hands on the man’s eyes a second time and the […]
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Coronavirus and Christ – John Piper
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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