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A couple of Sunday evenings ago our Bible class began a new study on 1 Peter. As we were discussing the general circumstances and purpose of this letter, we naturally started talking about the terrible persecution of Peter’s day under … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged church, commitment, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, fear, heaven, hope, obedience, persecution, strength, suffering
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Family Communications, Part 5; When You’re Wrong, Admit It and Ask Forgiveness
Have you ever known someone who “couldn’t be wrong”? My bet is that you’ll say “YES!” And maybe an eye-roll or a head tilted toward the person you have in mind will accompany your answer. This is a problem that … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Parenting
Tagged confession, forgiveness, hope, love
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Family Communications, Think Before You Speak
Good communication is the foundation of human relationships. When we fall short in communicating with each other misunderstandings happen, emotions (usually the negative ones) are stirred, and ties get strained or broken. In yesterday’s blog posting I urged the principle … Continue reading
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Tagged discipleship, faith, faithfulness, good words, grace, hope, Jesus, love, mercy, obedience, repentance, sin, speaking, speech, thought, truth
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Overcoming Tough Sins, Part 5; Pray and Fight For It
Over the past several weeks I’ve been writing occasionally about overcoming tough sins. We started right after New Year’s Day, because that is the traditional time for making resolutions about improvements for our lives. We have talked about how some … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged courage, discipleship, faithfulness, fear, fight, hope, meaning of life, obedience, prayer, sin, spiritual warfare, struggle
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Overcoming Tough Sins, Part 4; Watch Others Do It Right
Over the last few weeks I’ve been writing about how to overcome especially difficult sins in our lives. I’ve discussed eliminating the bad company in our lives who encourage sinful be- havior, learning how to change the channel, and finding … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged courage, disciple, discipleship, example, faith, faithfulness, fathers, hope, Jesus
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Overcoming Tough Sins, Part 2; What’s Going on in Your Mind?
A week or so ago I began a series of postings on things that could help us to overcome tough sins. We started with bad company corrupting good morals (or intentions). Hopefully you’ve worked on changing the people and kind … Continue reading
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Tagged changing your thoughts, channels, Christ, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, Gospel, hope, obedience, pattern, purpose, renewal, salvation, sin, the mind, wisdom
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Overcoming Tough Sins, Part 1
OK, so here we are several weeks (at this point) into 2018. How’re your new year’s resolutions? I’m hopeful that you’re doing well, but if you’re like many of us, you’ve had a stumble or two already. Is it time … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity
Tagged addiction, bad company, discipleship, discipline, hope, influences, obedience, overcoming sin, tough sins, wisdom
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Don’t Forget to Tell the Kids
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe Santa Claus gets more notice and prominence than Jesus at Christmas time? That the gifts under the Christmas tree get more attention than God’s gift of His Son, which is what the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament, Parenting
Tagged Christ, Christmas, Gospel, holidays, hope, Jesus, leadership, priorities, reason for the season, religion, salvation, Santa Claus, truth, wisdom
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Giving Glory to God
Glorifying God is not something that ends at the conclusion of a worship assembly. Giving glory to God for a Christians is a 7 day a week, 24 hour a day endeavor. But how do we do this? Some believe … Continue reading
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Tagged answers, attitudes, Christ, church, courage, discipleship, dress, evangelism, faith, faithfulness, fear, glory, Gospel, grace, hope, Jesus, leadership, possessions, religion, speech, truth
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Current Questions — The Role of Women
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve dedicated this blog space to a few of the doctrinal questions of our day. The questions have arisen not from some new evidence that someone has discovered calling into question long-settled Biblical doctrines, … Continue reading →