Living and Dying

NOT a post to expound on all the theological implications of living and dying ... just a few verses to REMIND us of who is in control whether we LIVE, or whether we die.

Psalm 48:14

For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death."

Psalm 49:15

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For He will receive me."

Psalm 68:19-20

Blessed be the Lord, Who daily bears our burden, The God Who is our salvation.  God is to us a God of deliverances; and to God the Lord belong escapes from death."

AND the CLINCHER:


Psalm 116:15

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints."

It certainly goes right in line when the Apostle Paul reminds us that whether we live or whether we die we belong to the Lord.  OUR problem is we really only focus on ONE place .... Life HERE on the earth.  We need to go to the "heavenly woodshed", if you will, of John 14, Revelation 21/22, etc., and continually remind ourselves that not only is God SOVEREIGN over ALL ... Life AND Death ... HE should be our longing ... that is ... to be PRESENT with Him ... in Heaven for ALL eternity.

Can we EVER get our MINDS to DWELL where our spirits (and bodies) soon WILL???

Blessings!

Rutledge Etheridge on hermeneutics Scripture and Jude, Mike Howard preaches The Source of Strength...

Tonight is a very special night, as not only will we hear the conclusion of chaplain Rutledge Etheridge's interview on hermeneutics, Scripture, and Jude, but as a special treat we'll begin a four part message preached at First Baptist Church Wheeling by our very own dear brother close personal friend and host, Mike Howard...The Source of Strength in Life, and Death!

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Rutledge Etheridge, Mark La Roi on Psalm 129. The Gettys

BIBLE BURGH for Sunday May 5th, [show number 299] features pastor Rutledge Etheridge tackling hermeneutics, Scripture, and Jude.......time permitting, we'll get a LOGOS interlude from one of Mikes very favorite groups, the Gettys, By Faith.......and, in the pulpit, it's yours truly, Mark La Roi, preaching from chapel at the Reformed Presbyterian theologicalSeminary on the message of Psalm 129!

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Will your Gospel transform a terrorist, Jonathan Edwards, Wayne Grudem, Rutledge Etheridge

tonight .....the final installment of ...Will your Gospel transform a terrorist? by pastor Thabiti Anyabwile, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, and active participant in the BASICS conferences... ...Mike reads to us from Jonathan Edwards the Sole Consideration, and from Wayne Grudem's writings on 1^st Peter later in the show...........and in the pastor's hotseat, pastor, professor, and chaplain, Rutledge Etheridge tackling the question How Should We View God?

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Dennis Prutow, Thabiti Anyabwile, Colossians 2, Mercy Me

BIBLE BURGH for Sunday April 21st features the conclusion of Mike's sit down interview with pastor and Dr. Dennis Prutow about his upcoming retirement from the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, his plans for the future, and of course, on preaching...his RPTS retirement party was last Friday evening and it was a very nice night of appreciation........Will your Gospel transform a terrorist? by pastor Thabiti Anyabwile, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, and active participant in the BASICS conferences continues.......Mike reads to you from Colossians chapter 2...........and in a LOGOS Interlude Mercy Me sings You Reign.........

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