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Jan 2018
Today’s reading is from James Montgomery Boice with questions I’ve developed from the text. Enjoy! “Acts 2:42–47 describes the early church. It is presented as a model church … t was a model in many important respects … These verses tell what developed in the church and how it functioned in those remarkable days after Pentecost … The key verse is verse 42: “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” The first phrase says that they devoted themselves to “the......
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January 12, 2018
Clement’s Anchor
God can speak to us in many different ways. He may ping our hearts with conviction as we listen to a sermon, or as we read the Bible. Or He may speak a word through...
January 11, 2018
Conviction is Convince-tion!
OK, OK. I know ‘convince-tion’ isn’t really a ‘word,’ so to speak, but all words at one time weren’t words, right? When you get to the age where a bit of snow begins to gather...
January 09, 2018
God’s Motive in Our Obedience
I think it’s always instructive to look back to the life and teachings of the early church – to draw inspiration from them and, perhaps, to see whether or not we’ve wandered from some of...
January 08, 2018
Despite What You’ve Heard, Mothball Soup is Bad For You!
Most warnings are pretty important to take seriously. They alert us to the potential danger of following a certain course of action. ‘Icy road ahead.’ ‘Do not climb ladder with wet feet and hands full.’...
January 05, 2018
Prayer Changes the Man
“Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it” (John 14:13-14). In all...
January 04, 2018
Not Asking for Anything
“I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live” (Psalm 116:1-2)....
January 02, 2018
Overcome Distractions
“But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you” (Matthew 6:6). Among the...
January 01, 2018
A Closed Mouth and a Silent Heart
“My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue” (Psalm 39:3). Prayer among evangelical Christians is always in danger of degenerating into a glorified gold rush....
December 22, 2017
Hope is Waiting, Confidently
The Hebrew and Greek words that underlie the English word hope in our Bibles combine two important ideas: waiting and confidence. Biblical hope, as has been said many times, is more than a wish for...