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The Marriage Covenant
I’ve heard people joke about it before, but never really heard anyone speak about it seriously. Yet, there it was on the radio being seriously discussed like it was a desirable, workable possibility—contractual time limits for marriage, an end point … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Old Testament
Tagged adultery, changes, covenant, divorce, exclusivity, excuses, family, family adoption, handshake agreement, life-long, love, marriage, marriage vows, meaning of life, narcissism, obedience, paper contract, personal growth, pride, religion, self-indulgence, sex, sin, wisdom
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Continually…Devoted…Themselves
There are a lot of things that could be (and are) said about how to grow spiritually. This is because 1) it is not a simple task to turn back the desires, passions, and “wisdom” of the flesh; and 2) … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged constancy, devotion, faithfulness, obedience, perseverance, persistance, personal growth, religion, self, self starting, sin, spiritual growth, spirituality, theology
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The Humble Still Receive Him
Though over 2000 years have come and gone since the coming of Christ, some things have changed very little — “Wise Men Still Seek Him”, “Evil Men Still Are Troubled by Him”, “The World Still Doesn’t Recognize Him”, and “The … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged angels, baptism, Christmas, church, disciple, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, follower, grace, humility, incarnation, Messiah, obedience, pattern, pride, shepherds, sin, wisdom, worship
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The Angels Still Praise Him
Over the last few weeks we’ve been taking a look at the stories surrounding the birth of Jesus, the Christ. In these little meditations I’m hopeful that you’ve noticed that the more things change about mankind, the more they remain … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged accomplishment, angels, Christ, church, eyes of faith, faith, generosity, glory, Gospel, grace, high priest, incarnation, judgment, king, love, Messiah, praise, redeemer, redemption, religion, sacrifice, salvation, sin, suffering, victory
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Christmas Thoughts — The Evil Are Still Troubled By Him — Herod
We’re looking at the stories usually associated with Christmas in these weeks approaching Christmas. Last time we studied the story of the magi in Matthew 2:1-18, and we concluded that wise men always seek Jesus. This week we’ll take a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged baptism, chief priests, Christ, church, faith, faithfulness, fear, Gospel, Herod the Great, Herodium, judgment, king, meaning of life, Messiah, obedience, persecution, pride, prophecy, purpose, religion, religious leaders, salvation, Satan, sin, wisdom
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The Christian and Trials
Jesus never promised us an easy discipleship. On the contrary, He was quite truthful about the difficulty that would accompany anyone following Him. Yet, there always seems to be a human part of us that expects things to go better … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged bad things to good people, blame, Christianity, courage, death, disease, evil, faith, fallen world, hope, innocence, jesus promise, learning, life lessons, obedience, persecution, religion, sickness, sin, suffering, temptation, theology, trial, trouble, wisdom
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The Pattern of God— The Pattern of Personal Growth, Part 1
Although we might not be initially inclined to think of spiritual growth as a pattern, there is a definite expectation in Scripture that that everyone who becomes a Christian will grow spiritually. Just as in the physical realm, when a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged apostles' teachings, Bible, Christ, church, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, follow, generosity, Gospel, grace, growth, hope, how to grow spiritually, love, meaning of life, New Testament, pattern, sin
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The Pattern of God — Walking According to the Pattern
Over the past several weeks we’ve been talking about the pattern of the church, the bride of Christ. We’ve noted that there is a pattern for the head of the church, a pattern for becoming a Christian and part of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged Christ, church, commands, discipleship, examples, faith, faithfulness, footsteps of jesus, heart, holiness, idols, immorality, judgment, meaning of life, morality, obedience, pattern, positive commands, purpose, religion, salvation, sin, theology, thoughts, wisdom
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If We Go, They Will Come
In the last couple of months I’ve talked about some of the ways and means of spiritual growth. Certainly more can be said about this and probably will be over the course of this year (Lord willing). But another important … Continue reading →