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Our Mother Who Art in Heaven?
June 12, 2008
Scriptural Basis: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:18 Anderson's Applications: In the last half of the 20th Century we began to hear with increasing frequency God called “She,” as the feminist movement gained more and more adherents, and some of them thought the “shock value” of publically feminizing the name of God fulfilled a missing element of some sort or other. This “novel idea” corresponded with...
June 12, 2008
Scriptural Basis: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:18 Anderson's Applications: In the last half of the 20th Century we began to hear with increasing frequency God called “She,” as the feminist movement gained more and more adherents, and some of them thought the “shock value” of publically feminizing the name of God fulfilled a missing element of some sort or other. This “novel idea” corresponded with...
Memorial Day: Will We Hide It from the Next Generation?
May 22, 2008
Scriptural Basis: “We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power and the wonders He has done.” Psalm 78:4 Anderson's Applications: “Fourscore and seven years ago” is how it begins. How many readers know what I am talking about? How many of your children or grandchildren do? These were the beginning words of a speech once considered worthy enough for American school children by the millions to memorize as a requirement...
May 22, 2008
Scriptural Basis: “We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power and the wonders He has done.” Psalm 78:4 Anderson's Applications: “Fourscore and seven years ago” is how it begins. How many readers know what I am talking about? How many of your children or grandchildren do? These were the beginning words of a speech once considered worthy enough for American school children by the millions to memorize as a requirement...
Prayer: An Exercise in Futility or Resurrection Power?
March 20, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins." I Corinthians 15:16-17 Anderson's Applications: This is a very good week to evaluate whether or not you think prayer is an exercise in futility. What you think sometimes of your own experience with prayer may well be futility. Is it not at least one answer to why we do not pray with greater frequency and fervency? We frankly...
March 20, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins." I Corinthians 15:16-17 Anderson's Applications: This is a very good week to evaluate whether or not you think prayer is an exercise in futility. What you think sometimes of your own experience with prayer may well be futility. Is it not at least one answer to why we do not pray with greater frequency and fervency? We frankly...
O To Grace How Great A Debtor
February 14, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." (#2) Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: Recently I heard a television preacher say on the air waves that the Christian hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" was errant in its theology. He said that the hymn writer's words, "O to grace how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be" were simply not true. "God freely forgives us," he said, "through the atoning death of Jesus Christ for our sins on the cross." He concluded,...
February 14, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." (#2) Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: Recently I heard a television preacher say on the air waves that the Christian hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" was errant in its theology. He said that the hymn writer's words, "O to grace how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be" were simply not true. "God freely forgives us," he said, "through the atoning death of Jesus Christ for our sins on the cross." He concluded,...
We Prove Daily That Forgiveness Is Not Natural
February 6, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: I was nine or ten years old and it was 10 minutes to midnight on New Years Eve. At midnight sharp the fireworks would go off on the top of Pikes Peak. Unfortunately, I was sitting in a position that did not give me a view of the top of the peak, despite the large window in the front of the church; depending on where you were sitting you would have a very good view of the top. But I was not sitting...
February 6, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: I was nine or ten years old and it was 10 minutes to midnight on New Years Eve. At midnight sharp the fireworks would go off on the top of Pikes Peak. Unfortunately, I was sitting in a position that did not give me a view of the top of the peak, despite the large window in the front of the church; depending on where you were sitting you would have a very good view of the top. But I was not sitting...
Are There Any Ink Blotches on Your Wall?
January 17, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, 'The kingdom of God does not come visibly, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." Luke 17:20-21 Anderson's Applications: When we pray, "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven," we acknowledge the reality of the spiritual world here with us, every bit as real as the material world we see, feel,...
January 17, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, 'The kingdom of God does not come visibly, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." Luke 17:20-21 Anderson's Applications: When we pray, "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven," we acknowledge the reality of the spiritual world here with us, every bit as real as the material world we see, feel,...
Your Greatest Desire in 2008
January 10, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Luke 1:38 Anderson's Applications: In a young woman's life there is no greater time of anticipation, excitement and joy than the few months before her marriage to the love of her life. In the midst of just such a time Mary was stunned by the message of a supernatural messenger. I have never seen an angel, but those who have, whose encounters with one or more are recorded in Scripture, have this in common,...
January 10, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Luke 1:38 Anderson's Applications: In a young woman's life there is no greater time of anticipation, excitement and joy than the few months before her marriage to the love of her life. In the midst of just such a time Mary was stunned by the message of a supernatural messenger. I have never seen an angel, but those who have, whose encounters with one or more are recorded in Scripture, have this in common,...
Why Do the Nations Rage?
January 3, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, "Let us break their bonds in pieces, and cast away their cords from us." Psalm 2:1-3 Anderson's Applications: The Christmas story is sublime and simple, concise and memorable. On Christmas Eve at the PAYH one of our young men, instead of reading the Christmas story from Luke 2, read it from...
January 3, 2008
Scriptural Basis: "Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, "Let us break their bonds in pieces, and cast away their cords from us." Psalm 2:1-3 Anderson's Applications: The Christmas story is sublime and simple, concise and memorable. On Christmas Eve at the PAYH one of our young men, instead of reading the Christmas story from Luke 2, read it from...
I Can’t Think of One More Thing Right Now!
December 13, 2007
Scriptural Basis: "You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him." Luke 12:40 Anderson's Applications: In the many centuries before the first Christmas, the prophets foretelling of the coming of the Messiah was often a blend of both His Nativity and His Second Coming (e.g. Malachi 3). Though these two world-defining events are vastly different in their effect, these Advent scriptures, if indeed we read them during the season, direct our thoughts...
December 13, 2007
Scriptural Basis: "You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him." Luke 12:40 Anderson's Applications: In the many centuries before the first Christmas, the prophets foretelling of the coming of the Messiah was often a blend of both His Nativity and His Second Coming (e.g. Malachi 3). Though these two world-defining events are vastly different in their effect, these Advent scriptures, if indeed we read them during the season, direct our thoughts...
How Do We Teach Our Children Forgiveness?
August 11, 2007
Lessons from the Amish The now infamous and often parodied line from an old movie went, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” I imagine this means if you really love someone you will never do or say anything to them you regret, or for which you need to apologize. We know that is nonsense, since we all are sinners and have not attained perfection. And besides, even when we do the “right” thing the other person may not think so and still expect an apology. It is so much more difficult...
August 11, 2007
Lessons from the Amish The now infamous and often parodied line from an old movie went, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” I imagine this means if you really love someone you will never do or say anything to them you regret, or for which you need to apologize. We know that is nonsense, since we all are sinners and have not attained perfection. And besides, even when we do the “right” thing the other person may not think so and still expect an apology. It is so much more difficult...
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