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Entries Categorized as 'Berean Husband'

The Next Time They See Jesus

May 18, 2009

This is one of the lessons my husband taught yesterday at a church we visit.

The Next Time They See Jesus

Revelation 1:7, 9-18, 19:11-16

Revelation 1:7 “Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even [...]

Input Equals Output – AKA Garbage In, Garbage Out

April 24, 2009

A certain young boy grew up in the church. When he was a baby, they gave him juice and crackers in the nursery. When he got older, they gave him cookies and punch in the children’s program. Then, he finally got to the youth group and graduated to pizza and cokes (or I guess Kystal [...]

Prayer Request

April 10, 2009

Please pray for Berean Husband today as He is having a stress test.

A Deeper Appreciation of the Bible

February 22, 2009

Aren’t you glad the Bible contains things which we do not understand? If the Bible contained only those things which we fully understood, it would be a short book indeed. The table of contents might read something like this:
Genesis 3 ———The Fall of Man
Genesis 16 ——–Abraham, Hagar, and Ishmael
Genesis 37 ——–Joseph is Sold into Slavery
Judges [...]

Jewels from Romans #16

January 22, 2009

Romans 11:19-22
19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he [...]

Jewels from Romans #15

January 20, 2009

Romans 10:1-3
1 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
2 I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to [...]

Jewels from Romans #14

January 18, 2009

Romans 9:6-9
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,
7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”
8 This means that it is not the [...]

Jewels from Romans #13

January 14, 2009

Romans 8:23-26
23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
25 But [...]

Jewels from Romans #12

January 11, 2009

Romans 8:3-6
3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to [...]

Jewels from Romans #11

January 4, 2009

Romans 6:13
13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. (ESV)
My home is filled with musical instruments. As I sit here at the computer in our study, I [...]

Jewels from Romans #10

January 2, 2009

Romans 6:1-5
1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4 We were buried therefore [...]

Jewels from Romans #9

December 31, 2008

Romans 4:4-5
4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
5 And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness (ESV)
Thought #1: It is an affront to God to try to pay in any [...]

Jewels from Romans #8

December 28, 2008

Romans 2:17-24
17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God
18 and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;
19 and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in [...]

Jewels from Romans #7

December 27, 2008

Romans 3:10-18
10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of [...]

Jewels from Romans #6

December 26, 2008

Romans 3:10-18
10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their [...]

Jewels from Romans #5

December 23, 2008

Romans 2:14-16
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.
15 They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts [...]

Jewels from Romans #4

December 20, 2008

Romans 2:3-5
3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?
4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
5 But because of [...]

Jewels from Romans #3

December 18, 2008

Romans 1:18-23
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have [...]

Jewels from Romans #2

December 17, 2008

Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” (ESV)
What does Paul mean when he says that he is not ashamed of the gospel? Is he talking about being embarrassed by the [...]

Jewels from Romans #1

December 15, 2008

Romans 1:8 “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.” (ESV)
Welcome to the new series of posts from Berean Husband. I have been studying through the book of Romans for the last month or more and thought that some of you might [...]