L.L. Martin's Blog, page 43
October 23, 2019
Rambles about book reviews, in order to procrastinate writing book reviews!
Instead of writing a book review, I am writing a post about book reviews! I typically read around 40 books …
October 21, 2019
Why are so many people so quick to criticize the efforts of others to help, volunteer, make a difference?
With any societal “issue” there are various ways of involvement: the political level and law, prevention, education, behind the scenes …
October 6, 2019
Waiting. The place of lament in the Christian life.
Today I preached on the passage of Lamentations 1:1-6. Audio link to the 18 minute message HERE. A Scripture reader …
October 3, 2019
October 1, 2019
More thoughts about responding to the profane use of the Name of our Lord…
I had a post in July about people cursing using the NAME of our Lord, and ideas for how we …
September 22, 2019
Jesus, the great I AM, and the 7 I AM statements from John
Today I helped lead a church service at an assisted living facility. The Scripture readings were: Exodus 3:1-14; Psalm 105:1-4; …
September 16, 2019
A lesson on Psalm 1
*These are my notes for an adult Sunday school class lesson on Psalm 1. You’ll see the questions I asked …
September 15, 2019
O for a thousand tongues to sing? Beware of singing as though you were half dead!
When I began substitute preaching a couple years ago, I thought I’d only be preaching. I soon learned that I …
September 13, 2019
Varied links…porn, the Nephilim, women in Iran, why you need to read a physical, paper Bible
I used to have posts where I shared a group of links, but I got away from doing that. But …
September 12, 2019
God in the book of Isaiah, part 2, God’s immanence.
In summary from part 1, the overarching emphasis in the book of Isaiah is God’s transcendent nature. God is holy. …
