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At Your Lowest Point, God Will Redeem

slytle — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:50:25 +0000

I was a small child, and David was one of my heroes. I loved the story of how little David killed that big ol’ giant.

My dad had given me a neat bowie knife that he had made of a piece of sharpened steel and a bone handle. I would take that knife [...]

Acts 2:16-21: The Coming of the Holy Spirit

slytle — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:00:14 +0000

Jesus’ last words in the book of Acts were “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8 ESV) This comes true on the day of Pentecost in [...]

Fellowship in Christ

slytle — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:00:19 +0000

Verses from Disciple Makers Sunday School Class April 24, 2011

But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. (1 Corinthians 12:18-20 ESV)

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Psalm 150: Worship Him!

slytle — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:00:18 +0000

Genre and Meaning

Psalm 150 is the last Psalm. Appropriately, it ends the book of Psalms by answering the “where” , “why” , “how” , and “who” of worship. The meaning of this Psalm is that God is to be praised everywhere, by everyone, using everything available to them, because of what God does [...]

Isaiah 13: The Destruction of Babylon

slytle — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:00:50 +0000

Genre and Meaning

Isaiah 13 is an oracle prophesy against the kingdom of Babylon. There is some controversy regarding the oracle. Babylon is only mentioned in the first verse and again in the last section of the chapter. Some would argue that, due to the fact that “it was the Medes who destroyed Nenevah, the [...]

The Proverbs 31 Woman

slytle — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:00:51 +0000

Proverbs 31:10-31 is a cluster proverb organized as an Alphabetic Acrostic poem. According to Fox’s commentary, it is “best classified as an encomium. The encomium, best known from Greco-Roman lyric and rhetoric, is a declaration of lofty praise for a person or a type of person.” [1] This poem is in [...]

A Response to: Let’s Not Trap God’s Word in Literalism

slytle — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:53:06 +0000

On November 27, 2010 the Spartanburg Herald Journal published a commentary by Talmage B. Skinner Jr. entitled “Commentary: Let’s not trap God’s word in literalism.” The commentary tickles the ears of the world and secular Christians alike while casting doubt on the Bible and Bible believing Christians. This is a response to that article. Dr. [...]

Personal Evangelism Discipleship Curriculum

slytle — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:00:56 +0000

Introduction

As with many religions, it is important that Christians tell others about their faith. We are not to stop there, however. Jesus gave us very specific instructions in His last recorded words in Matthew. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son [...]

Ezekiel’s Message for Today

slytle — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:55:01 +0000

The sins of Ezekiel’s day sound very much like the sins of today.

Ezek. 22:9 There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst. Ezek. 22:10 In you men uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who [...]

God’s Love and Discipline

slytle — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:42:14 +0000

I love the book of Jeremiah. Along with my life verses (Jeremiah 29:11-14a) there are many nuggets of truth.

Right from the beginning we see God making a case for the personhood of the unborn.

Jer. 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated [...]