Daily Reading and Dramatic Reading of Hebrews 9 and 10

http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/ical/

I know its the middle of February, but in case you're like me and have already lost your place in your reading plan, here's a cool link. If you check you Gmail daily like me, this integrates a daily reading into the google calendar


also, check out this video - really amazing - the powerful Word of God - AMEN

Ryan Ferguson recites Hebrews chapters 9 and 10

It really made me think about the temple worship and how Christ has become our High Priest. How AMAZING is His love!

Heb. 10:19 "Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near."

Bible Map

http://www.biblemap.org/

I just came across this website that integrates the Bible (ESV or KJV) with Google Maps to show locations. This is a really neat tool. Check it out.

Here's the about section:
"BibleMap.org is developed by the duo at He Lives Ministries (HeLives.com). The motivation for developing the site was simple. Create a free Bible atlas which harnesses Google maps. We hope this site will be a blessing to you and possibly help make the living book of the Bible more alive in your life."

How Great is our God!

Yesterday was a wonderful day to worship God. Matt and I went to Cottage Grove Baptist Church and thoroughly enjoy attending. Here's something crazy - I'm teaching Greek to the people - now that's scary! I really should know something, but its good review for me too. For the Greek lesson I reviewed the Alphabet. Some of the people are really getting into it. Next week I will take a big jump and talk about sentence structure.

For Sunday School, Pastor has been going through the book of Romans. We are currently on vv. 17-18 about our inheritance in Christ. It has been a great series and I like the questions (or study guides) that he passes out the previous week. He gives me 10-15 minutes after the lesson to teach Greek. BTW –we had one new visitor, an elderly lady from the area. She just got saved a few years ago, but is very knowledgeable. She had visited a church in Madison and Pastor Mayhak (another church planter in Madison) let Pastor Brill know about her desire to be in church. Jordon, Daniel and Pastor were able to make a ramp to wheel her into their van – what a blessing!

Sunday morning Pastor reviewed the entire book of I Samuel. It was so neat to go through the book again. He had been going through chapter by chapter and I loved the review and seeing the big picture.

The afternoon meal was a great meal of chicken and all the rest. It was so good! Matthew spoke on wisdom in James and we started calling people for the “Phones for You” program. We have almost 125 contacts that we can send information to. We have 10,000 contacts in the Cottage Grove area that we are calling to ask if we can send information. It’s a fun adventure and great practice for future ministry (Lw).

When we got home from church I really felt like going to Calvary for the evening service. I got on the church website and is said the message was about the “(2^nd) Most Important Decision of Your Life” from Gen. 2, Marriage. I loved going. It was true worship. A group sang “Amazing Love” that was sweet. It was also cool to get to see people that wee haven’t talked to for a while.

All in all – One sweet day.

Strange Sight

I was driving down Main St. last night and I saw the entire downtown blacked out - wierd. I felt like I was in a movie and someone was about to rob a bank. It was pretty cool. I have to admit, it was the perfect setup, only five blocks were without power (no street lights or stop lights, businesses including the the Police station were without power), a semi was idling two blocks away to steal all the money and there was not a cop in sight. Sorry, I've watched too many movies, but it was cool for the moment.

Back to the blog

Yeah . . . so its been a while since I've posted anything. My roommate has been writing almost everyday on his blog so I thought I would revisit mine and actually start posting. I never really understood the point of a blog, but I better understand it now that I've read a couple, I guess I like the idea. So, I'm back in the game.