by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jan 3, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 1:6 (NKJV) “and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.” David’s escapades with Bathsheba and the subsequent murdering of her husband, Uriah, was one of the lowest points in his kingship. This...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 1:2 (NKJV) “Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.” Although Ishmael was the first born of Abraham and a great warrior in his time, he was not mentioned in the genealogy of the Son of God. It is not who...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jan 1, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 1:1 (NKJV) “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:” The entire genealogy of Jesus is anchored around two figures namely, David and Abraham. Although the proceeding verses give a more detailed account of all...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 30, 2017 | Blog, End Of Year Reflections: 10 Days With Tozer
“I think that we are living on the very outskirts, the far margin of the kingdom of God. We are in it, but we are just barely inside the door. Christians ought to recognize that our nature has been joined to God’s nature in the mystery of the Incarnation.” “One of the...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog, End Of Year Reflections: 10 Days With Tozer
“Human morality rests upon this belief: There is a Majesty in the heavens. I believe also that human decency is fundamental. And human decency depends upon an adequate conception of God and of human nature. Accordingly, the atheist could not possibly have an adequate...
