A WEDDING SONG FOR THE KING (PSALM 45)
WHAT IS IT ABOUT A WEDDING THAT MAKES US SO EMOTIONAL? LAST MONTH OUR FIRSTBORN SON, J. R., WAS MARRIED, TAKING OUR BREATH AWAY WITH THE SURPRISE. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE ...
# 10 MAKING LAMENT PERSONAL
This has been such a personal study. As our Dawn said, "We really get to know one another through our laments." I also was so delighted when a personal friend ...
EDEN RESTORED (SONG OF SONGS) LESSON 15.
This week I read what I think is the best commentary I have read on The Song of Songs. (Thank you, Elizabeth.) Matthew Henry has a close edge -- but ...
THE WEDDING DAY! (SONG OF SONGS) LESSON 10.
HE WOOS HE WINS AND ONE INCREDIBLE DAY HE IS COMING BACK TO WED! Jonathan Edwards was a keen intellect, President of Princeton, and key figure in The Great Awakening. ...
ARISE MY LOVE (The Song of Songs) Lesson 8.
what are you sayingIn the forty-eight years since I was first ambushed by Jesus…and in literally in the thousands of hours of prayer, meditation, silence and solitude over those years, ...
THE MYSTERY OF MARRIAGE (SONG OF SONGS) LESSON 7.
THE PRIMARY VERSE ABOUT MARRIAGE BEGINS IN GENESIS AND IS REPEATED FIVE TIMES, CULMINATING IN EPHESIANS WHEN PAUL SAYS: THIS MYSTERY IS PROFOUND, AND I AM SAYING THAT IT REFERS ...
The Gospel According to The Song of Songs Lesson 4
I AM DARK AS THE TENTS OF KEDAR KEDAR IS ASSOCIATED WITH ISHMAEL, WITH BEING IN THE DESERT, OUTSIDE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD YET I AM LIKE THE ...
THE SONG OF SONGS (WHO IS THE LOVER, REALLY?) Lesson 2.
WHO IS THIS SHEPHERD KING? * WHO IS THIS WHO LEADS HIS BRIDE THROUGH THE WILDERNESS? WHO IS THIS WHO IS THE FAIREST OF TEN THOUSAND? WHO IS THIS WHO ...
A ROYAL WEDDING POINTS TO A DEEPER LOVE STORY
In the midst of hard times, England and the world celebrated a royal wedding. People camped out for days, Americans got up early -- and the news is everywhere. Why? ...
# 9 Lukewarm!
The last of the 7, lukewarm Laodicea makes Jesus want to spit them out of His mouth. I've told this story before but will tell it again because it seems ...
# 4 God Moves In A Mysterious Way
Last week we contemplated the lyrics of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," this week we'll contemplate the rich lyrics of Cowper's "God Moves In A Mysterious Way." I've been working on ...
Coming In The Clouds (#18)
How do I even dare to exposit such a holy and mysterious passage as Mark 13? Only with earnest prayer, study, and caution. I will share what is clear ...
A Fresh Approach To Lent (2019)
Lent can be an exciting season of renewal, especially if approached through the gospel lens. Lent officially begins this Ash Wednesday, March 6th, and ends on Easter, April 21st. Excluding ...
Preparing for Advent 2018
We all need Advent. It reflects the truth that even during the darkest time of the year, there is a Light that shines in the darkness, a Light the darkness ...
Get Ready, Get Set, for A Fruitful Lent!
Nowhere in Scripture does it tell us to practice Lent. It isn't an "I ought," It's an "I can." This year we will journey together to higher ground. In ...
My Heart Bursts Its Banks
One last psalm before we begin our Lenten Adventure! And a glorious psalm it is! Not often do we get a peek into how holy men were inspired by the ...
Resurrection Power in our Sisterhood
This week God gave me "fresh" manna and when He did, it truly was a kiss, a reminder that despite my daily self-centeredness, He loves me. He loves us ...
THE MINEFIELD OF GAY MARRIAGE
The pressure to give up God's plan of one man and one woman for life is enormous. If you try, you are seen as a bigot. Instead of Christians being ...
LOVING WELL IN A SEXUALLY BROKEN WORLD
Our world is spinning out of control wrong is seen as right and the pressure is on. We as Christians are called to hold to the truth, to love as ...
HEAR, O DAUGHTER (PS. 45)
I'm excited to approach Psalm 45 afresh, for this is the psalm that Jonathan Edwards said, "is the Song of Songs in a nutshell." For those of you who are ...
LOST, FOUND, WED!
In Chapter 2 the Shulammite chose to stay in the cleft of the rock instead of responding to her shepherd/king and going with him to higher places. Though she thinks ...
HE LEADS IN THE DANCE
WE DID NOTHING TO EARN HIS LOVE IN FACT, WE WERE DEAD IN OUR SINS WHEN HE CAME AND BREATHED LIFE INTO US WHEN HE LIFTED US OUR OF THE ...
MORE THAN A MARRIAGE MANUAL
Last week we looked at how just as God ordained purity and passion for marriage, He also longs for a pure and passionate bride. This week we will consider how ...
IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT SEX
The ancients forbade the reading of the Song of Songs before the age of thirty. But was that because it was just about sex? Or might they have feared the ...
FRUIT-STAPLING OR ABIDING (Mothering and Mentoring)
Paul Tripp calls it "apple-stapling." Apple-stapling occurs when you obey the rules so that you will look good, but the fruit is fake. Elyse Fitzpatrick says that, to her great ...
HE TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE (PART I. LESSON 2. A WOMAN TRANSFORMED BY THE GOSPEL)
One would think the first miracle would be raising the dead, or stopping a storm -- but turning water into wine? Really, Lord? Were You just trying to keep a ...
INTIMACY WITH GOD: A TWO WEEK STUDY
WHEN ANN VOSKAMP SAID SHE FLEW TO PARIS AND MADE LOVE TO GOD THE BLOGGERS AND THE CRITICS CRIED OUT TOO MUCH! I THOUGHT ...
RAINY ROMANTIC RESCUE MOVIES AND OUR REDEEMER
Casablanca Breakfast at Tiffanys Sleepless in Seattle Pride and Prejudice ...
THOUGH STILL OUR ANCIENT FOE
WE MUST NOT FORGET WE MUST BE SOBER-MINDED WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD OUR ANCIENT FOE STILL ROAMS STILL LOOKS FOR THE WOUNDED STILL HUNTS EASY PREY ...
JESUS AND THE IDOLS OF OUR HEARTS
WELCOME TO WOMEN JUST JOINING US FOR OUR STUDY ON JESUS AND THE IDOLS OF OUR HEART! WELCOME! WELCOME! AND A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS BLOGGING WITH ...
I, Adam, take thee, Eve (Part I)
I'm hoping this love story will be a little easier, now that you've had some practice. What we are doing, for those who have just joined us, is finding Jesus ...
LETTING GO OF THE LIES
They say the 2nd year for the widow is the hardest because the denial is gone. I wouldn't be surprised if that was true with other catastrophic losses. I didn't ...
I have found the One whom my soul loves
I know the greatest area of growth for me since Steve died, five years ago this month, is greater intimacy with Jesus. I've been so convicted by Tim Keller's sermons ...