My dad loved being outdoors in God rsquo s creation camping fishing and rock-hunting He also enjoyed working in his yard and garden But it took lots of work He spent hours pruning hoeing planting seeds or flowers pulling weeds mowing the lawn and watering the yard and garden The results were worth it mdash a landscaped lawn tasty tomatoes and beautiful peace roses Every year he pruned the roses close to the ground and every year they grew back mdash filling the senses with their fragrance and beauty In Genesis we read of the garden of Eden where Adam [... more]

BJU Seminary professor Dr Kevin Oberlin continues a series about II Corinthians titled The Aroma of Christ Ministry According to II Corinthians The post The Fragrance of the Knowledge of Christ appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]

His message Fact Check Your Worship examines what real faith looks like [... more]

I rsquo m not a coffee drinker but one sniff of coffee beans brings me a moment of both solace and wistfulness When our teenage daughter Melissa was making her bedroom uniquely hers she filled a bowl with coffee beans to permeate her room with a warm pleasant scent It rsquo s been nearly two decades since Melissa rsquo s earthly life ended in a car accident at age seventeen but we still have that coffee-bean bowl It gives us a continual aromatic remembrance of Mell rsquo s life with us Scripture also uses fragrances as a reminder Song of [... more]

Hosted by Jane Pauley In our cover story Kelefa Sanneh looks at the war of ever-increasing streaming services fighting for subscribers Also Pauley talks with actress Sigourney Weaver featured in four movies this fall Lee Cowan sits down with singer Wynonna Judd for her first interview since the death of her mother Naomi Ted Koppel discusses the impact of the bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie with its author Mitch Albom Tracy Smith finds out what Gwyneth Paltrow thinks about turning David Martin meets the people behind the incredible true-life Vietnam War adventure The Greatest Beer Run Ever and Martha Teichner visits [... more]

At the end of a meal to mark Passover a traditional Jewish holiday that celebrates and remembers the greatness of God rsquo s saving work church members expressed their joy by dancing together in a circle Barry stood back watching with a huge smile He remarked how much he loved these occasions saying ldquo This is my family now This is my community I rsquo ve found somewhere where I know I can love and be loved where I belong rdquo In his childhood Barry suffered cruel emotional and physical abuse robbing him of his joy But his local church [... more]

Song of Songs a A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me Myrrh in Hebrew is Mem-Resh - meaning bitter and a drip - clearly tears both in the association with mourning and embalming but also that to make myrrh back then they would cut the myrrh tree and the resulting resign or sap would look like tears on the trunk A Great article on Myrrh - https draxe com essential-oils myrrh-oil So note what she says this mourning experience tears with all their fragrance are keep in a money sack and it is her Wellbeloved See the connection [... more]

Song of Songs While the king sitteth at his table my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof Here is the Link to C H Spurgeon's Sermons on This https www blueletterbible org Comm spurgeon charles sermons cfm a Wow this may be my new favorite verse as it has so much to do with our quest to understand the Statutes of Psalms Yes as Jesus was anointed three times reflecting back on how the Three in One Bedazzle's us we now get to use our own Spikenard to anoint Him - sending forth our own Amazing Fragrance in our offering [... more]

Dr Kevin Oberlin continues a seminary chapel series studying the book of Corinthians with a message titled The Fragrance of the Knowledge of Christ from Corinthians - The post The Fragrance of the Knowledge of Christ appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]

I knew a rancher who lived near Lometa Texas His two grandsons were my best friends We would go into town with him and follow him around while he shopped and chatted with the folks he knew He knew them all by name and he knew their stories He rsquo d stop here and there and ask about a sick child or a difficult marriage and he rsquo d offer a word of encouragement or two He would share Scripture and pray if it seemed the right thing to do I rsquo ll never forget the man He was something [... more]

They seek to silence the Message by silencing the messengers They look for any cause to discredit us This is why we must speak the truth in love Knowing this Gospel is unto life or death what manner of Christians should we be To support this ministry financially visit https www oneplace com donate [... more]

The thought of spending eternity in heaven should fill us with joy but it doesn't always do so Maybe that's because our idea of heaven isn't based in Scripture Listen to Truth For Life as Alistair Begg considers what will become of our earthly bodies Listen [... more]

BJU Seminary professor Dr Kevin Oberlin continues a series about II Corinthians titled The Aroma of Christ Ministry According to II Corinthians The post The Fragrance of the Knowledge of Christ appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]