Awesome! I am glad you liked it.

I completely agree with you. Reading the Bible by itself is an invaluable experience that I cannot replicate by solely relying on other people's interpretations. It is one of God's pipelines for speaking to my heart. However, you cannot completely ignore Bible resources that you mentioned above. One good example of this will be found in a post coming up in the next few days. I never completely understood what happened the day that Moses lost his entrance pass into the promised land. With a little bit of background help, it clears things up for me.

Thanks for the thoughtful comment!

Yeah, too funny! I hope you are well.

Reading this post made me think of something that is probably pretty obvious except to the oblivious (like me). It is a true shame to think that so many people hate themselves considering that they are formed in the image of God... are given an extension of Himself.

It is even more saddening to think that so many Christians despise themselves considering they have taken it one step farther: they have been reborn and have been given a new identity and a new relationship with God.

Thanks for the thoughts!

Of course! I am glad you liked them also.

It amazes me how many times I realize that reliance on self has taken over, especially reliance on my own "wisdom" and "intelligence." I do not want to be God... and yet deep down I guess I really do, which begs the question in me. Do I really believe that "God is already doing a great job being God?" I hope (if not now, one day) I do.

Hmm, I like that: "the new and they loyal." Excellent.

I look forward to checking out what you have in store for next week! I am glad to offer the encouragement and the referral. You write some good stuff and it has been long overdue for throwing something on my blog. Keep up the good work!

Thanks, I hope they help you a little bit.

Sweet about the transition, Google Reader is awesome! Thanks for letting me know. :)

I am glad you liked it. I thought the same myself! Definitely some good material to use in my daily battles... now if I can only make sure I use the recommendations.

Glad to help! I hope one of those programs might help you out. Take care my friend.