Growing in Grace

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Annihilate the Amalekites

A sermon by Mike Woodruff (Lake Forest, IL) on 1 Sam. 15 and the question of the Amalekites:
There comes a time in most everyone’s life when they realize that they just are not as good as they thought they were. They are not as fast or as strong as they imagined, not as smart or [...]

Celebrate!

God wants us to show our love by rejoicing in Him. Deuteronomy 12:1-19 shows God’s priority on this.  In the New Testament, the temple becomes the church (not the location but the people).  Our rejoicing becomes not just for God’s blessing on what we attempt but in all things.
Notice:
John 4:24; 1 Cor. 6:18-20; 1 Cor. [...]

More info on boiling a kid in his mother’s milk

 

Taken from Dr. Constable’s notes on Deuteronomy:

“The ceremonial custom of boiling a kid in its mother’s milk is known from the ancient Canaanite tablets found at Ugarit [i.e., the Ras Shamra Tablets]. Such a rite was superstitiously observed by the Canaanites, hoping that through magical acts they could increase fertility and productivity (14:21; Ex. 23:19; [...]

Deuteronomy and the OT

It’s amazing how Deuteronomy affects the rest of the Old Testament. 
Deuteronomy 11:22-25
For if you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him, then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and [...]

Conferences

This week we have two conferences going on.  The first is more famous: Together for the Gospel 2008 in Louisville, KY.  You can get audio here.  The one by Thabiti Anyabwile looks particularly good as well as John Piper’s.

The second is less famous but was still a blessing.  The annual Iowa Association of Regular Baptist Churches [...]

Article on adoption again

http://touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=20-04-026-f

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