Romans 1:12:
that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. (NIV)
that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. (NASB)
That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of [...]

This Sunday, two people were baptized at the start of the service. They were a married couple that had actually first been baptized on the day of their wedding. That said, they wanted to be immersed as their first baptism was via sprinkling. Pastor John explained the significance of immersion as symbolic of dying to [...]

Then David said, “The house of the LORD God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.” (1 Chr 22:1)
I hadn’t noticed before that David talks about the house of the Lord as separate from the altar of burnt offering. I guess I didn’t realize that there was a possibility [...]

David’s instructions to the Levites who were to carry the ark were simple and explicit (1 Chr 15:12, 14):
He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I [...]

How many times do I make decisions without consulting God?
More importantly, how many times do I make decisions without consulting God in which I think I’m doing God’s will?
David did just this in bringing up the Ark, and he paid for it (or at least Uzzah did). David describes the situation in 1 Chr 15:13:
“…It [...]