Blossoms in the Rain

 Good morning folks.  Today we go over the last part of this reading, which is the Cornerstone. I decided to leave this for a separate post because this part of these passages, frankly, confuses me. I put this off way too long, but I'm going to try to tackle it.  I somewhat understand the part about the rejected cornerstone becoming the capstone, but I don't understand the difference between the one who falls on it and the one who is crushed by it. By extension, I also don't know what that means for you and me in our current time and lives. This is where in-depth study and using your resources comes in. There's no shame in not understanding a passage, otherwise, what would I be learning? This is a place to dig in, use my resources if I hit a roadblock, and find out what it means. Will I always understand it correctly after studying it? No, but Lord willing, if I am wrong in my interpretation now, God will bring the correct answer to me in the future, either through some...

My hubby and I have talked and he has asked that I share my Bible studies on my blog as I currently have some extra time to share it. While my hubby and I do have a Bible reading plan together, my own personal Bible study is on the life of Christ, going through the Gospels chronologically, which includes studying through the parallel accounts of events in Jesus' life. I may take a number of days going through a small section, or I might breeze through a few sections all together, there is not real time frame in which I study them.  I hope and pray that my studies may be a blessing to whomever stumbles across them. If you wish to discuss, comment, ask questions, or share your insights, I would gladly hear them. Please note: I am studying through an ESV John MacArthur Study Bible, and to save time, I am copying small passages from BibleGateway and pasting them here. As I use other study tools, I will reference them so anyone can follow along.  Context: The first rule of hermeneu...

  A few years ago, my pastor started a study on the life of Christ, called "The Harmony of the Gospels," wherein, he was expositing the four Gospel accounts chronologically. While events coincided so that he had to lay aside that particular study, I continued studying the life of Christ on my own and have been doing so for the past few years. In an effort to encourage other women in studying Scripture and perhaps give a little help to their studies, after discussing it with my husband, I have decided to share my studies here.  First, let me clarify a little bit of information before I continue, so that you and I are on the same page. This study is a chronological study through Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, following the chronological reading plan designed by John MacArthur. I will be referencing different study books to help me in my study, and I intend to put a list of those resources up soon so you can obtain them for yourselves. This study I have primarily done from the E...