Darkened Glass Reflections
Living today with an eye on eternity
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The Spirit of Truth and Scripture Memorization
The Holy Spirit brings the teachings of Jesus to a disciple’s memory. Meditating on and memorizing Scripture will help us recognize God’s Word when we need it.
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The Spirit of Truth and the Necessity of Scripture
We cannot know God’s will without the Bible. We also cannot know it without the wisdom that the Holy Spirit gives. The two go hand in hand. We must rely on the Holy Spirit for wisdom, but He will use the Bible to impart wisdom to us, and He expects us to use the Bible…
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The First Easter Sermons: The Central Theme of the Bible
On the first Easter night, Jesus summarized the Old Testament prophecies about Himself and the Gospel His disciples would preach.
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Read, Meditate, Delight, Obey: III. How to Read and Meditate on God’s Word
In this post, I offer some suggestions for reading the Bible daily and applying it to our lives.
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Read, Meditate, Delight, Obey: II. Rightly Handling God’s Word
In our last post, I mentioned some translation issues with 2 Timothy 2:15. Let us look at that entire passage: “Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,…
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Read, Meditate, Delight, Obey: I. Meditating on God’s Word
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success” (Joshua 1:8; all Scripture…
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God’s Word, Daily Devotions, and the Family
We need to read the Bible every day. We should read it alone. We should also teach it to our children.
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God’s Purpose in Scripture
Scripture may not answer all of our questions, but it does tell us everything that we need to know to live by faith in Jesus Christ.
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Scripture and Tradition
This post looks a little more closely at the relationship between Scripture and tradition. Many Christians reject tradition entirely, claiming to rely only on the Bible. A wiser position may be to see how the Holy Spirit has guided previous generations of Christians to interpret Scripture.
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The Authority of Scripture
The Holy Spirit inspired the writers of Scripture and directed them as they wrote. He guided the apostles to understand truths they were not ready to receive during Jesus’ earthly ministry (John 16:12–13), and these now appear in the pages of Scripture. This is not an ordinary book. Sadly, many Christians treat the Bible like…
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