Philip Dampier's Blog

The song says it is the promise of love. I like the way the NLT translates this verse: “And in the proper season I will send the showers they need.”  Sitting on the back porch this morning eating my fruit (prepared by my lovely wife) I watched the rain falling…

I am not a politician or a scientist and barely qualify for a wannabe theologian. This, however, I know: The only danger to the earth is God. Men are so focused on themselves that like the tower of Babel builders they think they control things. Whatever you believe about global warming…

The psalmist David wrote the song of Psalm 30 for the dedication of the temple. It has some beautiful lines in it which make great teaching points. The verse quoted above is the conclusion of the song. When you read the psalm in its entirety you understand the closing line.   Here…

the place where your glory dwells.” (Ps. 26:8) Perhaps the tabernacle is intended here. The temple was yet to be built. It was in the Holy of Holies that the presence of God dwelt. The journey through the wilderness was made with God in their midst. He made his dwelling…

This request from the Psalmist closely follows a request to see the wonders of God’s great love. I think they are closely related in the Psalmist eyes. Show me wonders, keep me as the apple of your eye. This request is followed by another one which says “…hide me in the…

Not the mind but the heart. Not the pumper of blood but the holder of treasures. The source of emotions and ultimately actions. The heart is a treasure store. Humans store things in the treasure of their hearts and then they act according to what they store. The heart also influences…

I am taking comfort today in the belief that there will be no gnats in heaven. At the same time I realize that it is a local thing and everyone doesn’t have to put up with them. I’m sure they have something else, flies, mosquitoes, scorpions and parasites in the water.…

BAB.  Waves crashing. Wind blowing. Rain falling. Birds circling. Relaxing. God everywhere. See you next week.

This is of course a statement of fact made about one Judas Iscariot. He was a thief. Not that he stole something once or even that he formerly was a thief. No, Judas Iscariot was a thief. That’s who he was. He was a disciple of Jesus but he was a…

This idea is borrowed by Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians. He said it in regard to the resurrection. If there is no resurrection, then we might as well throw everything to the wind and have at it. Paul’s comments preceded the beer commercial “You only go around…