What Ridiculous Hairsplitting

May 6, 2019 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: 2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 51; Matthew 23 “You’re hopeless! What arrogant stupidity! You say, ‘If someone makes a promise with his fingers crossed, that’s nothing; but if he swears with his hand on the Bible, that’s serious.’ What ignorance! Does the leather on...

Share the Invitation

May 5, 2019 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: 2 Sam. 10; 1 Chr. 19-20; Ps. 20; Matt. 22 “Then he told his servants, ‘We have a wedding banquet all prepared but no guests. The ones I invited weren’t up to it. Go out into the busiest intersections in town and invite anyone you find to the banquet.’ The...

Work It Out

May 1, 2019 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: 1 Chronicles 14-15; Psalm 132; Matthew 18 David prayed to God: “Is this the right time to attack the Philistines? Will you give me the victory?”God answered, “Attack; I’ll give you the victory.” 1 Chronicles 14:10 “If a fellow believer hurts you, go and...

Feel the Way You Want

Apr 30, 2019 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: 2 Samuel 6; 1 Chronicles 13; Psalm 68; Matthew 17 6 When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out [with his hand] to the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen [stumbled and] nearly overturned it. 7 And [bthe anger of the Lord...

Orthodoxy

Apr 29, 2019 | SOAP Journal

SCRIPTURE: 2 Sam. 4-5; Ps. 139; Matt. 16 Haven’t you realized yet that bread isn’t the problem? The problem is yeast, Pharisee-Sadducee yeast.” Then they got it: that he wasn’t concerned about eating, but teaching—the Pharisee-Sadducee kind of teaching. Matthew...