Psalm 119:136 – Crying
Am I led to tears by seeing a lack of love for other people in myself and in others?
Psalm 119:120
Fear can be destructive but in the right way and the right place it can be helpful.
Psalm 119:108 – A Freewill Offering
What constitutes a freewill offering of our mouth to God?
Psalm 119:102 – You Have Taught Me
I do not turn aside from your judgments,for you have taught me. A couple of days ago, meditating on Psalm 119:99, I discussed teachers. I mentioned the idea briefly of allowing the Holy Spirit to be the teacher. I want you to notice the form of this verse. The second half is not an accomplishment…
Psalm 119:6 – Overcoming Shame
Then I won’t be ashamed,When I keep my eyes on all your commands. I didn’t get the poetry in my translation. It’s hard to get everything into it at once. This verse strikes at one of our most serious problems. Our identity. Our ability to live with ourselves. You’ve surely heard stories of people going…
Love Is All You Need
Starting on Martin Luther King’s birthday, we have seen a number of quotes advocating love. I intended to post something that day, but as I frequently do I got diverted. I wrote something about this long ago. It’s unfortunate that love has become a sort of cliche for a benevolent feeling combined with inaction. We…
Philippians 2:1-11, Romans 12, and the Nature of Christian Community
That’s a fairly ambitious title I gave myself, but the content is a bit less ambitious. When I found that I’d be teaching from Philippians 2 in Sunday School, I commented that if someone couldn’t teach a class from Philippians 2:5-11, they should just give up teaching. That’s probably a bit harsh, but the passage…
Morgan Guyton Reviews a Review
I will definitely be reading Rachel Held Evans’ new book A Year of Biblical Womanhood, but I haven’t done so yet, so I’m not commenting on that book. It’s always interesting to me, however, to see reviews of reviews before I’ve gotten my hands on a book. In this case the review getting reviewed is…