“We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.” A lot of people, even Christians, think that faith is blind trust, and for our faith to grow we just need to […]
2 Thessalonians 1.3 — How does faith grow? Read More »
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” In their culture, just as in ours, there were forces of intimidation against believers, arguments against the Bible, peer pressure against Christians, and more than
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“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” This verse comes close to the tail end of Jesus’ rebuke of the church of Laodicea. Sadly, he finds nothing good to say to
Colossians 3.17: “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” This is stated to include all of life, with nothing left out. It seems so obvious, and yet I think we all try to justify excluding
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Col. 3.15: “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” Paul, the author, is obviously stating that I have a choice as to what rules in my heart. I can choose peace; other options that immediately come to mind are anxiety
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Proverbs 1.1-2: Finding Wisdom “The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight…” We’re already off on the wrong foot. You don’t find wisdom, you grow in it. Wisdom can come from many sources, but the fullness of wisdom comes from God alone (Rom.
