http://jts.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by James Stemmle en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:07:43 GMT 2010-01-02T11:07:43Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977896301 In times past, God spoke in fragmentary and varied ways to our fathers through the prophets; in this, the final age, he has spoken to us through his Son, whom he has made heir of all things and through . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:35:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977896301 James Stemmle 2009-11-11T18:35:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894133 Good and upright is the Lord; thus he shows sinners the way.  He guides the humble to justice, he teaches the humble his way.  All the paths of the Lord are kindness and constancy toward those . . . Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:48:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894133 James Stemmle 2009-11-10T14:48:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874218 His mercy is from age to age on those who fear him. Luke 1: 50 Does God, from age to age, have mercy on those who fear him?  I’m looking back over history.  Way back over the murky . . . Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:35:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874218 James Stemmle 2009-10-28T15:35:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823185 Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord?  Or who may stand in his holy place?  He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean who desires not what is vain, nor swears deceitfully to his . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:36:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823185 James Stemmle 2009-09-23T13:36:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804176 I will treat of the mighty works of the Lord; O God, I will tell of your singular justice.  O God, you have taught me from my youth, and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds ; Ps 72: . . . Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:46:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804176 James Stemmle 2009-09-08T13:46:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977803035 Let not the foreigner say, when he would join himself to the Lord, “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people”; Nor let the eunuch say, “See, I am a dry tree.”  For . . . Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:19:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977803035 James Stemmle 2009-09-07T15:19:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977798721 Woe to the city, rebellious and polluted, to the tyrannical city!  She hears no voice, accepts no correction: In the Lord she has not trusted, to her God she has not drawn near. Zeph 3:1-2 I . . . Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:30:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977798721 James Stemmle 2009-09-03T15:30:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977794327 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release . . . Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:33:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977794327 James Stemmle 2009-08-31T13:33:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977731077 One day Jesus was teaching, and the power of the Lord made him heal. Lk 5: 17 Before I ponder how Luke and the people of his age might have linked sin and forgiveness to God, I first want to enter . . . Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:15:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977731077 James Stemmle 2009-07-07T13:15:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977696229 For if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  Faith in the heart leads to justification, confession . . . Sat, 30 May 2009 14:01:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977696229 James Stemmle 2009-05-30T14:01:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977695314 But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom.  The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel . . . Fri, 29 May 2009 14:29:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977695314 James Stemmle 2009-05-29T14:29:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977689045 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords, with whom he drank.  Under the influence of the wine, he ordered the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, . . . Fri, 22 May 2009 11:19:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977689045 James Stemmle 2009-05-22T11:19:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977635710 In the temple precincts he came upon people engaged in selling oxen, sheep and doves, and others seated changing coins.  He made a [kind of] whip of chords and drove sheep and oxen alike out of . . . Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:31:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977635710 James Stemmle 2009-03-24T16:31:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977632144 He told them a parable on the necessity of praying always and not losing heart: “Once there was a judge in a certain city who respected neither God nor man.  A widow in that city kept coming to . . . Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:59:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977632144 James Stemmle 2009-03-20T16:59:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977616022 Keep your eyes open for you know not the day or the hour. Mt 25:13 Would Jesus have said such a thing?  Did Jesus believe in judgement?  And what, at any rate, does it say about God?  . . . Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:50:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977616022 James Stemmle 2009-03-06T16:50:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977606674 I will praise the name of God in song and I will glorify him with thanksgiving; this will please the Lord more than oxen. Ps 69:31-32. The psalmist opens a question.  The psalmist being an anonymous . . . Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:36:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977606674 James Stemmle 2009-02-25T18:36:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977604183 we thank God constantly that in receiving his message from us you took it, not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God at work within you who believe 1 Thes 2:13 The word of God at . . . Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:33:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977604183 James Stemmle 2009-02-23T17:33:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977602269 ten men of every nationality, speaking different tongues, shall take hold, yes, take hold of every Jew by the edge of his garment and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”  . . . Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:26:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977602269 James Stemmle 2009-02-21T20:26:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977599881 Consider your ways!  You have sown much, but have brought in little; you have eaten, but have not been satisfied; You have drunk, but have not been exhilarated; have clothed yourselves, but not . . . Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:56:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977599881 James Stemmle 2009-02-19T16:56:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977580045 You will be hated by all on account of me. Mt 10:22. Why will all hate me because of Jesus?  I am thinking this is not the sort of thing Jesus would say.  Rather, to understand why we find . . . Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:42:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977580045 James Stemmle 2009-01-31T01:42:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578682 As you go, make this announcement: The reign of God is at hand!  Cure the sick, raise the dead, heal the leprous, expel demons.  The gift you have received, give as a gift. Mt 10:7-8 OK, . . . Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:28:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977578682 James Stemmle 2009-01-29T18:28:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977574862 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings. Ps 17:8 Jesus continued his tour of all the towns and villages.  He taught in their synagogues, he proclaimed the good . . . Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:26:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977574862 James Stemmle 2009-01-26T04:26:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562053 “No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel basket or under a bed; he puts it on a lamp stand so that whoever comes in can see it.  There is nothing hidden that will not be exposed, nothing . . . Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:00:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562053 James Stemmle 2009-01-13T17:00:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977527982 Those slaves whose masters are brothers in the faith must not take liberties with them on that account.  They must perform their tasks even more faithfully, since those who will profit from their . . . Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:10:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977527982 James Stemmle 2008-12-06T20:10:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977510107 Though he was in the form of God, he did not deem equality with God something to be grasped at.  Rather he emptied himself and took the form of a slave, being born in the likeness of men.  . . . Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:23:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977510107 James Stemmle 2008-11-18T15:23:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977506628 God is one.  One also is the mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all.  1 Tim 2:5-6 See.  Here is one reason why we should write . . . Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:52:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977506628 James Stemmle 2008-11-14T14:52:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977500111 You can depend on this as worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.  1 Tim 1:15 Wow.  Full acceptance.  As if  one might be excused . . . Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:46:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977500111 James Stemmle 2008-11-07T03:46:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977486408 I was once a blasphemer, a persecutor, a man filled with arrogance; but because I did not know what I was doing in my unbelief, I have been treated mercifully, and the grace of our Lord has been granted . . . Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:44:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977486408 James Stemmle 2008-10-23T14:44:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472695 Continue, therefore, to live in Christ Jesus the Lord, in the spirit in which you received him.  Be rooted in him and built up in him growing ever stronger in faith, as you were taught, and overflowing . . . Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:23:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472695 James Stemmle 2008-10-09T16:23:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977463701 Let us greet him with thanksgiving    Ps 95:2 Him?  Greet him?  Greet the male God of the Old Testament.  What is going on here?  The psalmist speaks of encountering . . . Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:18:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977463701 James Stemmle 2008-09-30T17:18:30Z