bible study
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But God Intended It For Good
There’s nothing like being the youngest in a large family. I speak from experience. My older siblings often made sport of picking on me. They never sold me to a band of traveling gypsies—but that’s only because no bands of traveling gypsies happened through our neighborhood. Joseph’s brothers did. And it wasn’t a joking matter.… Continue reading
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But You Were Washed
This is surely one of the bigger buts in the Bible for the context in which it appears. Check out 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. The context begins, Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Kingdom of God? It is a rhetorical question. Of course you know this! In case you didn’t, a whole list… Continue reading
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Not Performance, But Presence
An Excerpt from Chapter 7 ~ The Sermon On The Mount Read Matthew 7:21–29 There is something sobering about the way Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount. After speaking about prayer, forgiveness, worry, judgment, generosity, integrity, and trust, He paints a picture of deeply religious people standing before Him saying, “Lord, Lord, look at… Continue reading
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But When You Are Tempted
But When You Are Tempted Have you ever heard this one: “God won’t give you more than you can handle?” I hate to tell you, that’s not in the Bible. In fact, I’d suggest that is a particularly cruel misquote of scripture—my experience has been that God often gives us more than we can handle,… Continue reading
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But God Had Mercy
In Philippians 2:25-30 there are a few very personal buts. Let’s take a look. But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. For he longs for all of you and is distressed… Continue reading
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Esther’s Got a Big But!
Esther’s got a big but. There’s no way around it. It’s one of those life altering backsides–it jumps right out at you. Take a look: And who knows but that you have come to royal position for just such a time as this? See what I mean? That’s some but! Mordecai pointed out to Esther that all… Continue reading
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But When You Pray …
But when you pray … The first thing to notice as this big but appears in Matthew chapter six is that Jesus takes the fact that you will pray as a given. He doesn’t begin if you pray, but rather when you pray. It’s as if prayer will be as normal to the believer in Christ as breathing is to the… Continue reading
Big Buts of the Bible 