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What Is the Purpose of Marriage?

Posted on March 15, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Pastor James MacDonald reminds us that the purpose of marriage is, ultimately, the glory of God: James MacDonald is a pastor, author, Bible teacher, and speaker. He serves Jesus and His global church through the teaching ministry Walk in the Word.

Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: glory of god, god's glory, james macdonald, marriage, purpose, walk in the word

“The gospel calls us back again and again”

Posted on March 14, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Lesslie Newbigin, a Church of Scotland missionary to India, tells us what gospel mission is all about: “The logic of mission is this: the true meaning of the human story has been disclosed. Because it is the truth, it must be shared universally. It cannot be private opinion. When we share it will all peoples, […]

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: church of scotland, evangelism, gospel, india, lesslie newbigin, missionary

The Great Humility of God

Posted on March 11, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Augustine of Hippo: “The pride of man, which is the chief hindrance against his cleaving to God, can be confuted and healed through the great humility of God. Man learns how far he has gone away from God and what it is worth to Him as a pain to cure him, when he returns through […]

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: augustine of hippo, crucifixion, death of christ, obedience, philippians

Will Theology Kill My Faith?

Posted on March 10, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

A video from CredoHouse:

Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: credohouse, faith, theology

"It Is Well With My Soul"

Posted on March 9, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Marked by tradegy The classic hymn was written by Horatio Spafford, a man who was sadly all too familiar with death and tragedy. In 1871, Spafford suffered the tragic death of his only son to scarlet fever. Shortly thereafter, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the entire city. A successful businessman and lawyer at the time, […]

Filed Under: Saints of Old, The Age of Enlightenment (1456-1918 A.D.) Tagged With: 1 peter, great chicago fire, horatio spafford, hymn, it is well, it is well with my soul

Blue Letter Links [3.8.11.]

Posted on March 8, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

These links are for the clicking. Boys Wrestling Girls — A Clash of Worlds and Worldviews In a statement released to the media, young Northrup said: “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cassy and Megan and their accomplishments. However, wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times. As a […]

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: blue letter links, boys, christianaudio, girls, gospel, links, worldviews

“Every Christian is either a missionary or an impostor”

Posted on March 7, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

“Unto you therefore which believe He is precious.”—1 Peter 2:7, KJV Charles H. Spurgeon reminds us that every single believer, in some form or fashion, is called to the mission field: “If Jesus is precious to you, you will not be able to keep your good news to yourself. You will be whispering it into […]

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: 1 peter, call to ministry, charles spurgeon, evangelism, great commission, missionary

Two Cities

Posted on March 4, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430): Mankind is divided into two sorts: such as live according to man, and such as live according to God. These we call the two cities…. The Heavenly City outshines Rome. There, instead of victory, is truth. From St. Augustine’s classic work, The City of God What about you? What […]

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: augustine of hippo, citizenship, heavenly city, holiness, holy, rome, set apart, two cities

Jesus in Every Book of the Bible

Posted on March 3, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

As a followup to last week’s Theology Thursday post, I thought this video was fitting. This 11-year old gets it! For of Him and through Him and to Him are ALL things: to Him glory for ever Amen. (Romans 11:36)

Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: bible, books of the bible, jesus in the bible, pre-incarnate christ

A Reminder to Pray for the Persecuted Church

Posted on February 28, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Chances are, if you have access to the internet and to Blue Letter Bible’s resources, you are not in a country or region where Jesus-loving Christians are arrested for apostasy. And you are likely not in danger of being persecuted violently for your faith. Last week, I was reminded of how important it is to […]

Filed Under: Misc. Tagged With: afghanistan, beatitudes, gospel of matthew, international, jesus, persecution, philippians, sermon on the mount

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