by David Phillips | Jun 16, 2011 | Prayers, Word, Video
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRvmUqa2Hi0 Psalm 145 (The Message) David’s Praise 1 I lift you high in praise, my God, O my King! and I’ll bless your name into eternity. 2 I’ll bless you every day, and keep it up from now to eternity. 3 God is...
by David Phillips | Jun 10, 2011 | Word
This is a continuation of my series on Journeying with Zephaniah. I am looking at the book through the lens of rhetorical structure. Today I want to focus on the books macro-structure, or overarching themes. This book is enclosed by the speaking of God. In 1:1, the...
by David Phillips | Jun 1, 2011 | Word, Ministry, Theology, Apologetics, Holy Spirit
My previous two posts (here and here) looked at what many philosophers deem to be a special kind of knowledge, one which is the basis for the standard view of knowledge. It is called propositional knowledge. Here is a short recap. Propositional knowledge requires...
by David Phillips | May 25, 2011 | Word, Evangelism, Theology, Gospel
I am reading Lamin Sanneh’s book, Disciples of All Nations. Sanneh is currently the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity and Professor of History at Yale Divinity School. Sanneh was born in Gambia, and studied at a number of institutions...
by David Phillips | May 24, 2011 | Word
The Sunday Psalm! Psalm 47 (New Living Translation) For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. 1 Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise! 2 For the Lord Most High is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth. 3 He...
by David Phillips | May 12, 2011 | Spiritual Disciplines, Word, Formation
In thinking about monastic practices that help form us in a contemporary culture, I want to turn to the idea of lectio divina. Lectio Divina is Latin for divine reading, spiritual reading, or “holy reading,” and represents a traditional Catholic practice...
