Bucket Full of Grace

The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares Matthew 13:24-30 and 36-43 Intro: I am here today to encourage bible study!   The Word of God is where the POWER IS!   There is so much counterfeit Christianity out there.   I was talking to a freind this week about Lent.   They told me that they had given up sweets for lent and that their brother gave up alcohol for lent and how stupid they thought that was.   I said, well why do you give up things for Lent? And, they said it's just something we've always done... wow...   I have nothing against Lent if it is done out of Love for Jesus, who GAVE HIS ENTIRE LIFE UP FOR US BECAUSE HE LOVED US.   HE DIED ON THE CROSS! HE FASTED AND PRAYED IN THE DESERT FOR 40 DAYS!   Real lent is wonderful! Counterfeit Lent is poisonous, parasitic, and from the Devil. Nice Intro right? I need to calm down a bit here.   The Kingdom of God is like:   I have said it before and I'll say it again, I am a studier, and I am unashamed about p

Ecclesiastes 1 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Reflections of a Royal Philosopher 1 The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,     vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3 What do people gain from all the toil     at which they toil under the sun? 4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,     but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises and the sun goes down,     and hurries to the place where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south,     and goes around to the north; round and round goes the wind,     and on its circuits the wind returns. 7 All streams run to the sea,     but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow,     there they continue to flow. 8 All things[c] are wearisome;     more than one can express; the eye is not satisfied with seeing,     or the ear filled with hearing. 9 What has been is what will be,     and what has been done is what will