Darkened Glass Reflections
Living today with an eye on eternity
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Ascension, Visitation, Pentecost: A Pro-Life Perspective
This article is based on a homily I shared yesterday at my church’s monthly Liturgy for the Preborn outside Planned Parenthood in Hempstead, NY. Since the feasts of Ascension, Visitation, and Pentecost were occurring close together, it provided an opportunity to reflect on how these three events in the life of Christ and the Church…
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Taste, See, and Sing! Loving and Craving God’s Word
God gives us His law, precepts, rules, and commandments, to show us how to live. He offers His promises. He gives us His testimonies, which prove that He is faithful and able to fulfill those promises. Do I read the Bible out of love, eagerness, or obligation?
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The Spirit of Truth in the Life of the Believer
The Holy Spirit will speak to us as a reflection of His nature. He is the Spirit of Truth (John 14:16–17; 16:13). This is who He is. His very essence is truth. God’s Word is true because the Spirit of Truth inspired it and illuminates it to us.
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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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