by David Keesling | Dec 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
1 John 1:1-4 “What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life…and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life,...
by David Keesling | Dec 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Romans 3:3 “Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?” (NIV). Observation: Paul’s letter to the Romans is a clear-eyed assessment of the depraved spiritual condition of all men, both Jews and Christians. Spiritual darkness is universal without faith in...
by David Keesling | Dec 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Psalm 101:2 “I will walk in my house with blameless heart. I will set before my eyes no vile thing” (NIV). Observation: In this brief psalm David beautifully expressed a heart set on pursuit of God alone. He promised to sing of God’s love and justice (v. 1) and to...
by David Keesling | Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Psalm 78:61 “He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy” (NIV). Observation: Psalm 78 begins with parables designed to recount the relational history of God and the Israelites. He blessed and established the nation even as...
by David Keesling | Dec 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Matthew 28:1 “After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb” (NIV). Observation: At week’s beginning the two Marys had for the second time gone to Christ’s gravesite. Arriving after a great...
