Three Things to Remember when reading the Bible
Jonathan Parnell gives us some excellent advice in Three Things to Remember when reading the Bible.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
New Devotion – Look at the Book
Introduced today, John Piper’s “Look at the Book” is a series of short videos designed to help you to read and study the Bible for yourself. There are nine videos today at the launch, and the promise of 2 or 3 additional ones each week. A dynamic page updated with new videos can be found in our Devotions section.
Choosing a Bible translation
A good article on choosing a Bible translation. I preach and teach from the ESV, finding it to have the best balance of formal equivalence and literary merit. Yet, I would encourage all believers to read and feed on the Word of God daily, even if their choice differs from mine. In my opinion it would be better to regularly read a “poor“* translation than it would be to own a “good” one and […]
PrayerMate App
I recently discovered a smartphone app that allows me to better organize my prayer life. It is the PrayerMate app, and it is available for both Android and iOS. This app is fully customizable, and allows you to build your own categories. It allows you to integrate Bible passages, many of them downloadable directly from the app, into your prayer time, Additionally, PrayerMate will give you a notification as to when to pray if […]
Recent Reads – When Helping Hurts
As Christians we are called upon the love our neighbors as ourselves (Matt 22:39). But, what if in our desire to help we actually hurt the recipients? What if this “help” actually damages and degrades others? If so, then this would not be loving, and would actually be a violation of Christ’s command. In When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert navigate this sensitive subject. They share personal experience in this area and provide […]
