by Tim Fountain | Jan 19, 2020 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel
I keep a Bible and Book of Common Prayer in my locker at the hospital where I work. I read Morning Prayer at home with my English Standard Version Bible; I have my Africa Study Bible (New Living Translation) at work for Evening Prayer. (No big commentary in sharing...
by Matt Kennedy | Jan 14, 2020 | Bible Study, Biblical Illiteracy, Spirituality
About a year ago I posted the following on Facebook after reading an article by Joyce Meyer that advises Christian readers to read the bible, pray, and then, “follow your heart.” I wrote (with perhaps a bit of hyperbole): “Yes, check the bible. Yes. Pray. But no, do...
by Tim Fountain | Dec 22, 2019 | Bible Study, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel
…is waiting for you on the wide and comfy path to hell. We lump gossip in with cute human foibles that aren’t that big a deal. Spreading rumors is on a continuum somewhere between talking during a movie and double dipping a chip in the communal salsa. But...
by Tim Fountain | Dec 15, 2019 | Apostasy, Bible Study, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” (Revelation 5:13) When I was in...
by Tim Fountain | Nov 2, 2019 | Bible Study, Jesus, Prosperity Gospel, Spirituality, The Gospel
I didn’t fit the profile. Back in 1981, I was a fit young guy, just out of the Army. I went to the doctor to complain about out-of-the-blue attacks that felt like a rope being pulled tight around my ribs. Don’t eat after 7:00 pm. The attacks...
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