According to the official “wordle” website, here is the definition of a wordle:
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
Here is a wordle of the prominent words in the first 11 chapters of Genesis.
This is taken from a book entitled “Ten P’s In A Pod” by Arnold Kent III.
1) The Lord commands it: 1 Timothy 4:15-16–15 “Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.”
2) I want real life: John 6:63–It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
3) I want to know true doctrine: John 8:31-32–31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
4) I want to be clean: John 15:3–Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
5) I want to be fruitful: John 15:4-5–4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6) I want my prayers answered: John 15:7–If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
7) I want to be prosperous and successful: Joshua 1:8–This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
I don’t want to backslide: Psalms 37:31–The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
9) I want my soul fed: Deut 8:3–And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
10) I want to grow: 1 Peter 2:2–As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
11) I want understanding: Psalms 119:99–I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
12) I want to be thoroughly furnished unto every good work 2 Timothy 3:16-17
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
This is a post from Albert Mohler’s blog about Robert Schuller and his son’s “schism.”
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6,912 |
…the number of languages spoken in the world today |
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2,251 |
…the number of languages without any of the Bible, but with a possible need of a Bible translation to begin |
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193,000,000 |
…the number of people who speak the 2,251 languages where translation projects have not yet begun |
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1,953 |
…the number of translation programs currently in progress for languages without adequate Scripture |
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nearly 80% |
…amount of the world’s remaining Bible translation needs that are located in the three areas of greatest need |
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1,168 |
…the number of language communities which have access to the New Testament in their heart language |
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438 |
…the number of language communities which have access to the entire Bible in the language they understand best |
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6,500,000,000 |
…the population of the world |
This comes from a pastor in Kentucky. I thought it interesting since we are finishing up the Book of Ruth tonight.
A PICTURE OF CHRIST OUR KINSMAN REDEEMER
by Don Fortner
Read Ruth 3:11 and 4:1-13. Boaz went up to the gate of the city where men transacted business and met Ruth’s nearer kinsman. He said, “You have first claim upon Elimelech’s field. If you want it buy it.” So the man said, “I’ll buy it!”
Then Boaz said, “If you buy the field, you must also marry Ruth, his daughter-in-law.” Then the man said to Boaz, “I cannot do that, lest I mar my own inheritance. You redeem her.”
So Boaz bought the field and married Ruth (vv. 9, 10, 13).
The Lord Jesus Christ is our kinsman Redeemer. He is our kinsman by his incarnation (2 Cor. 8:9). He is a great and mighty kinsman, for he is himself God (Col. 2:9). He is a kinsman of great wealth. All things are his. All the fulness of grace and glory is in him. As Boaz loved Ruth, so Christ Jesus loved us without a cause, freely. “We love him, because he first loved us!” He says, “I have loved thee, with an everlasting love…I have drawn thee with the cords of love.”
As Boaz promised to redeem Ruth, so the Son of God promised to redeem us in the covenant of grace before the world began (Heb. 7:22). But, as with Ruth, there was one who had first claim upon us. The law of God held us as its captors (Job 9:2; 25:4-6). But the law of God says, “I cannot redeem the fallen one, lest I mar my righteousness.” The law has claim upon us, but not the ability to redeem us. The law is our kinsman condemner, but could never be our deliverer (Rom. 3:19-20). So the Lord Jesus willingly paid the price of our redemption, the price demanded by the justice of God. By his life of obedience, he magnified the law and made it honorable, and brought in everlasting righteousness for his people. By his sin-atoning death, he fully satisfied the wrath and justice of God as our Substitute.
As Boaz took Ruth to be his wife, so the Lord Jesus has taken chosen sinners to be his bride (vv. 13-15). Thank God, he has not left us without a kinsman. Christ is the Restorer of our lives. He is the Nourisher of our old age. Like Boaz, our Lord Jesus will not rest until he has “finished the thing.” “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.” “He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it.” “He is able to keep you from falling;”
and he will. Christ will, at last, present you who are his holy, unblameable, and unreproveable before the presence of his glory.
O love surpassing knowledge, O grace so full and free!
I know that Jesus loves me, And that’s enough for me!
O wonderful salvation, from sin Christ set me free!
I feel the sweet assurance, And that’s enough for me!
O blood of Christ so precious, Poured out at Calvary,
I feel its cleansing power, And that’s enough for me!
Ruth, the pagan Moabitess, became the wife of Boaz, heir to all his vast estate, great-grandmother of king David, and was placed in the direct lineage of Christ. Even so, all who trust him are married to Christ, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, and are made to be the sons and daughters of God almighty – All by grace! All through Christ our kinsman Redeemer!
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I came across this little message from one of my favorite preachers of the 19th Century, Charles Hadden Spurgeon.
“Let me call your attention to the fact that when Jesus had risen from the dead, He was just as tender of Scripture as He was before His decease. He told them that ‘all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning Me. Then He opened their understanding that they might understand the Scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and this it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead’ (Luke 24:44-46). Find Jesus where you may, He is the antagonist of those who would lessen the authority of Holy Scripture. ‘It is written’ is His weapon against Satan, His argument against wicked men. The learned of this hour scoff at the Book and accuse of Bibliolatry those of us who reverence the Divine Word; but in this they derive no assistance from the teaching or example of Jesus. Not a word derogatory of Scripture ever fell from the lips of Jesus Christ; but evermore He manifested the most reverent regard for every jot and tittle of the inspired Volume. Since our Savior, not only before His death, but after it, took care to commend the Scriptures to us, let us avoid with all our hearts all teaching in which Holy Scripture is put into the background” (Charles Spurgeon, “Scoff Not at the Book”).
I am posting the powerpoint slides of our study on “Thou Shalt Keep Them - A Study of the Perfect Preservation of Scripture.” I will add the last two after we actually study them. We should resume this study on Sunday night, September 7th. I hope this will be a blessing to you.
Lesson #1
Lesson #2
Lesson #3
Lesson #4
Lesson #5
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entitled Religulous. Maher, of the TV show Politically Incorrect, takes aim at Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, pretending that all three are based on religious myth. There is plenty to rightly and wisely reject in man-made religions, but Maher’s folly is in attacking the Bible itself. He mocks such biblical teachings as Methuselah living 969 years and Noah building an ark to save humanity and the animals from the flood. Maher wants to make people laugh at religion and to encourage nonbelievers to talk more openly of their lack of faith (”Maher vs. God,” AP, Sept. 30, 2008). Maher says, “When you’re talking about a man living to 900 years old … it’s just a pile of comedy that was waiting for someone to exploit.”
Job is thought to be the oldest book in the Bible, having been written at least 3,500 years ago. Yet its many statements about the earth and its inhabitants and processes are scientifically accurate in every amazing detail. The late scientist Henry Morris said: “These references are modern in perspective, with never a hint of the mythical exaggerations and errors characteristic of other ancient writings … perhaps of even greater significance is the fact that in a 4000-year-old book filled with numerous references to natural phenomena, there are no scientific mistakes or fallacies” (The Remarkable Record of Job). Of the many examples we could give of this, we have selected one. Job describes the amazing process of cloud formation and rain making. First, he describes how that water can be transported in the air when water weighs more than air (