tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57697842024-03-05T12:34:19.664-07:00Basket of FigsA vehicle for venting on philosophy, religion, and the general state of things.
Proprietor: C. W. PowellAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.comBlogger1719125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-39737504389336694132016-01-10T21:51:00.000-07:002016-01-10T22:12:40.975-07:00Prayer for Monday Morning, January 11, 2016. Psalm 34:9-16
Psalm 34:09-16“O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that
fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that
seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. "Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of
the LORD. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days,
that he may see good?
"Keep thy tongue from evil, and thyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-64128958108045700392016-01-09T14:26:00.000-07:002016-01-09T14:26:42.069-07:00Prayer for Today: January 9:2016 Psalm 71Prayer for January 8, 2016. Psalm 71:1-3
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to
confusion.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline
thine ear unto me, and save me. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually
resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my
rock and myAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-82945999908805656412015-12-28T17:36:00.000-07:002015-12-28T17:37:47.043-07:00Hey! The Lord Is at Hand!December 27, 2015 Philippians 4:4-7“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your
moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful
for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the
peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-88651016000790947442015-12-19T22:02:00.000-07:002015-12-21T16:12:10.751-07:00A Christmas Prayer, Philippians 3:20, 21For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the
working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.” (Php 3:20-21)
Our Precious Father in Heaven. The coming of your Son to Bethlehem was an exclamation point in
the history of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-18140262500680245312015-12-06T16:12:00.000-07:002015-12-06T16:12:44.716-07:00Prayer for the Advent Season: Meditation on Isaiah 9:6
December 6, 2015.
Isaiah 9:6
“For unto us a child
is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isa 9:6 AV)
Our Precious Father
in Heaven. We rejoice in your wonderful gift to your church on that first
Christmas morning soAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-6278677637367885142015-08-23T21:10:00.000-06:002015-08-23T21:10:18.446-06:00Types and Imagination: 1 Corinthians 10There are several things that need to be said concerning this passage. The apostle uses the word
“example.” This is the word from which we get “type,” which means a pattern. For instance, in
Romans 5, Adam is said to be a “type” or a pattern of Christ. As Reformed Christians we tend to be
very modest and temperate in the use of types. That there are types is without question, that the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-59773459932905395482015-07-04T12:49:00.000-06:002015-07-04T12:51:52.410-06:00Lay of the Last Minstrel, quotation
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
'This is my own, my native land!'
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned,
As home his footsteps he hath turned,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no Minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite thoseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-47195472047420889012015-06-21T17:57:00.003-06:002015-06-21T18:06:33.225-06:00Lawless LibertyThe Threat of Lawless LibertyMarch 03, 2012 in Basket of Figs."And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts." --Psalm 119:45"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." --2 Corinthians 3:17"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." --John 8:36"While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-84809450014246172992015-05-25T04:17:00.000-06:002015-05-25T04:17:51.634-06:00Better than the Prophets?
What will you say to your Master on why you didn't do your "ministry" according to Scripture? That you knew better than the prophets? That those who tried were unpopular and failed often? That you couldn't make a living at it? That people laughed at those who tried to be biblical? that none of your friends were doing it?47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?48 Have any of theAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-61317003374815787512015-04-25T16:08:00.000-06:002015-04-25T16:12:21.238-06:00Truth According to GodlinessThe great principles of the Christian faith, the Trinity, Inspiration of Scripture, Deity/humanity of
Christ, Justification by faith in the blood of Christ, etc., are not known by reason, although the
propositions are understandable. They are known on the authority of God who has revealed them
through the holy prophets and committed to the inspired Scriptures.
People say they do not Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-7826440627566660762015-03-22T19:09:00.000-06:002015-03-22T19:09:01.610-06:00Love in ActionIt takes love to tell people this, any way you can: Those who wallow unrepentant and unwashed in
their sins will go to hell and cannot inherit the kingdom of God. It is through faith in his blood that
we are cleansed from sin and begin those good works which God hath before ordained that we should
walk in them. Paul did not continue to be a persecutor of the church, but repented, was Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-49739135315040559672015-03-09T20:51:00.000-06:002015-03-10T13:40:29.887-06:00False and True ReligionAfter a lifetime of study and observation, I have been persuaded that there are only two kinds of
religion.
1. That in which Adam and Eve were created, the revealed true religion that seeks God's glory and
calls man to the faith and obedience that God has revealed. From the first this faith promised a
redeemer, a faithful prophet, priest, and king. This culminated in the Person and Work of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-73591184933855771142015-03-01T15:17:00.000-07:002015-03-25T21:36:06.149-06:00Now THAT'S Power!Prayer on Matthew 28:18-20 Written 3-1-2015
O Precious Father, there were only eleven of them. There had been twelve, but one of them had
proved to be a traitor and in his remorse had hanged himself. One of them had denied You, our
Precious Lord Jesus, and the rest of them had fled away in Your day of trial.
But You had never promised that supernatural strength would arise in them,Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-21377734349564800352015-02-27T17:46:00.001-07:002015-02-28T10:49:56.617-07:00From the Depths; Prayer on Psalm 130Precious Father, sometimes it seems that you bring us to the pit of despair as we partake of the
sufferings of Christ. We are ashamed to lift up our heads to compare our lot with the Lord Jesus but
You have said that in some sense we are called to bear our cross as He bore His, and to make up the
measure of the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable to His death, as Paul put it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-62512229976695870652015-02-21T10:00:00.000-07:002015-02-21T10:00:18.149-07:00Receiving the Spirit?"O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes
Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
"This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of
faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? ... 5 He
therefore that ministereth Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-18711627706135405392015-02-16T13:50:00.001-07:002015-02-16T13:50:48.863-07:00Prayer for Every Day, from Isaiah 55:4-13 Isaiah 55:4-13 Prayer February 15, 2015O precious Father, we acknowledge this morning that our Lord Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Your
only begotten Son, is our only leader and witness and commander. We would run and fly to Him, O
God, for He is the only One appointed for our salvation. He is our King and our God.He has drawn near to us in the Gospel, and we may seek for him Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-2877517058465174232015-02-15T17:13:00.000-07:002015-02-15T17:13:10.629-07:00The Son of God. Really.He came to the most religiously literate people, whose prophets for thousands of years had predicted
His coming. He fulfilled those prophecies in the most minute detail. He said he was the Son of God.
Those who knew Him best said He was the Son of God. Millions since then have confessed Him to
be the Son of God. He rose from the dead, as He said he would. He sent the Holy Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-71539323307199437062015-01-24T06:21:00.000-07:002015-01-24T06:22:14.546-07:00Prayer for This Morning, 1/24/2015 from Psalm 30Precious Heavenly Father, You have not permitted the devil to defeat and destroy me
or any that are in Christ Jesus. You have given me everlasting life and an eternal
inheritance in Jesus Christ that none of the darkness of Satan’s kingdom of sin and
misery can take from me. You have saved my soul. And I would call on all saints to
give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness, for our Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-69465908822386283842014-12-12T04:13:00.000-07:002014-12-15T12:32:13.158-07:00Hodge's analysis of the Biblical doctrine of Regeneration, being born again.
The following was written by one of my students at New Geneva Seminary, as a summary of his
reading in Hodge. This is well written. If Wesley had read Calvin on 1John 3:9, he might not have
preached that awful sermon on perfectionism that has wreaked so much havoc on the church.
[lightly edited]
Hodge Systematic Theology Vol. III Part III
RegenerationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-32575508496243456622014-12-11T05:41:00.000-07:002014-12-11T19:33:06.394-07:00Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 34:9-14“9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
11 ¶ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 What man is he that
desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-48662109830409676082014-11-23T22:13:00.000-07:002014-11-23T22:16:44.812-07:00Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 119:41-48 41. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44. So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
45. And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy preceptsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-58626241083601377512014-11-22T09:07:00.001-07:002014-11-28T19:58:18.009-07:00Prayer and Meditation on Psalm 119:33-40 Number Two33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-32065392568252343742014-11-20T07:54:00.000-07:002014-11-20T07:57:51.314-07:00Pelosium strikes again!This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream, or maybe a friend sent it to me:
Subject: Densest Element known in science
Pelosium strikes again!
BREAKING NEWS!!
A major research institution has just announced the discovery of the densest element
yet known to science. The new element has been named Pelosium. The chemical
symbol of Pelosium is Pu. Pelosium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-26040261593598006712014-11-15T22:18:00.000-07:002014-11-16T07:58:30.697-07:00Seriously, Where Did You Read THAT?One of the main objections raised against the clear biblical doctrine of predestination
goes something like this, “but the Bible says that God is not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Before you read any farther, you
should read 2Peter 3:1-10. You will not find that quotation in that passage or anywhere
else in the Bible.
I. This is the first Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769784.post-49882980459037555282014-11-13T20:08:00.000-07:002014-11-13T20:08:27.211-07:00Meditation on Psalm 150 and Instruments.It is a certain truth, Our Precious Heavenly Father, that nothing that has been created
can contain You. Not even the heavens in all their magnificence and glory are big
enough for You. Much less can any earthly temple contain You; and yet in a great
mystery You have chosen to make Yourself known to Your people and have promised
to dwell with them. Moses built a tent for You as You Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060337815783306992noreply@blogger.com0